Never Waste Your Pain

  
Dear Lord...
Please grant that I shall
Never waste my pain; for...
To fail without learning,
To fall without getting up,
To sin without overcoming,
To be hurt without forgiving,
To be discontent without improving,
To be crushed without becoming more
    caring,
To suffer without growing more
    sensitive,
Makes of suffering a senseless, futile
    exercise,
A tragic loss,
And of pain,
The greatest waste of all.