Pain

When suffering, it is sometimes the case that one's attention is only directed to own self.

But it is possible to realize that there may be other people who are suffering in a similar way.

When one can extend the concern to such people, the pain can be somewhat relieved.

A pain only for an own ego can be dark.

But a pain that considers others can be embracing and rather brighter.

Perhaps there could be a way out in such a direction.