Why is this said? Why is this true?
Is beauty the outcome of crystalized pain and suffering? Like a Crucible or a purifying fire?
Are human perceived signals of beauty actually just the pathological manifestations of having overcome great difficulty?
For women, the “masculine” beauty is that of a warrior — a great deal of stressful overcomings
Why is the delicate softness of a woman described as pain? Perhaps the strength it took her to survive such a chaotic and dangerous world?
And such strength is itself a pain and suffering but held together by one’s own constitution (that is, that which is granted to us by God)
Ten thousand hours to become the professional
A thousand ways not to make a lightbulb as Benjamin Franklin said
This is all painful
But it’ll be worth it