“No one can understand until they sit in this chair.” I heard this statement one day while watching an old episode of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” Being a sci-fi buff, I regularly revisit old episodes of this and other galaxies.
Today, as I sat watching this episode, that line hit me right between the eyes. As I watched this TV show, I realized I had thought something like this many times myself: You can’t understand until you’ve lived in pain every day.
You can’t understand until you’ve lost someone you’ve loved. You can understand until you’ve had this operation. You can’t understand until you’ve been this tired.
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