until you suffer

it is said many times that
awakening happens
when you are in great
pain and suffering -
My friend,
why do you need to wait
until you suffer?
you can choose to wake
up now in the blink
of the eye, right now, so that
you can have the capacity
to see, feel and experience
everything the way it is,
not the way you want -
and the entire world is uplifted
inside your heart and
your courage to be yourself
again.