The pain is always there. The challenge is not trying to make it go away. [ . . . ] Fighting is the problem. We fight to try to change the past, or push it away. But the pain is part of who we are.
“He loves me. He does. I think it’s just the wrong kind of love expression.” “Ken, he loves the broken you. That’s what he loves.” — Succession HBO (2018 - )
So, I don’t know, if you change your mind, if you find yourself with some time, I’m actually working from home right now. But I really could use somebody to help with the organizing, scheduling, things like that. I mean, we could really tailor it to something that you like, if you think that would suit you.
But he fights it. He survives, and now he has a choice to make. Does he decide that he was punished, or that he was rewarded? Will he be angry for having been made to suffer or will he be grateful for that suffering because it changed him?