Life comes with pain.

Hear, O children of endurance, the raw and simple truth spoken by Rod Wave: “Life comes with pain.” These words are neither clothed in elegance nor hidden in mystery; they are as direct as the rising sun, as inevitable as the setting of the same. For every soul that enters this world will taste joy and sorrow, triumph and heartbreak. The ancients knew it, the poets sang it, and the prophets wept it: to live is to suffer, and yet through suffering, we discover the strength of the spirit.

The origin of this wisdom lies not only in scripture or philosophy, but in the lived experience of countless lives. Rod Wave, a voice of the streets and of the broken-hearted, speaks from wounds carved by struggle and loss. His words echo what the Stoics declared in Rome, what the Buddhists taught in India, and what Job cried from the dust of Israel: that pain is inseparable from life. To deny it is folly, but to embrace it is wisdom. For pain is not only a burden but also a teacher, shaping us into who we are meant to be.

Consider the tale of Harriet Tubman, who bore the scars of slavery, both on her body and in her soul. She knew hunger, whips, and chains, yet she did not bow beneath them. She embraced the truth that life comes with pain, but she turned that pain into fuel, guiding others to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Without her wounds, perhaps her courage would not have burned so fiercely. She stands as living proof that pain, when carried with purpose, can become the foundation of greatness.

So too did Nelson Mandela endure twenty-seven years in prison, cut off from family and freedom. Yet he accepted suffering as part of the human journey, refusing to let it harden him into bitterness. Instead, he emerged from pain with forgiveness, offering healing to a wounded nation. His life teaches us that though pain may be unavoidable, despair is not. Suffering can break us, or it can refine us; the choice lies in how we carry it.

Rod Wave’s words strike us with their simplicity, but beneath them lies profound truth. To recognize that life comes with pain is to free ourselves from the illusion of perfect happiness. The man who expects only comfort will crumble when trials come; the woman who knows suffering is part of the road will walk forward even when her feet bleed. Pain does not mean we are forsaken—it means we are alive, and through endurance, we discover resilience.

The lesson, then, is this: do not flee from pain, but face it with courage. When loss finds you, allow yourself to grieve, yet know that healing waits beyond sorrow. When hardship presses upon you, remember that countless before you have borne their trials and emerged stronger. And when life wounds you deeply, do not waste the pain, but let it carve compassion into your heart, so you may comfort others who suffer as you have.

Practical steps stand before you: When you suffer, write or speak your story, for in naming your pain you begin to master it. When you see another in hardship, do not turn away, for your own wounds have prepared you to help them. And each day, remind yourself that pain is not the end of the journey but a passage through which the soul must walk. Carry it with patience, and you will find that strength and wisdom walk beside it.

Thus, remember the words of Rod Wave: “Life comes with pain.” Do not curse it, nor deny it, but embrace it as a companion on the road. For though pain is certain, it is not final. Beyond the suffering lies growth, beyond the wound lies healing, and beyond the cross lies resurrection. To live is to suffer—but to endure is to triumph.