{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwell-being-with-don-oakley.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-gift-of-suffering-YpeitQGs","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Gift of Suffering","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2b5c1586-8af9-455d-92ba-9941924fc25e/c330a745-9eb5-493c-9fd3-cc77ba0e0f72/don-by-dana-square.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/12b056f2-91bd-432f-a45f-02ae3ead19d8\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Gift of Suffering\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Pain hurts and is sometimes unavoidable. Suffering is different. It is when we tell ourselves a story (about the pain or perhaps fabricated out of thin air) that causes us anguish. Suffering is optional and, therefore, always a pointer to what is really true. That is its gift.\n"}