Pain passes, but beauty remains! Short story

***Pain passes, but beauty remains!*** An incident is told about a master painter, who had a very fervent student-disciple. The master was suffering from a severe bout of arthritis. >> It was very painful for him to paint. He had to hold his brush between his thumb and index finger. >> And as he painted, the student-disciple often heard him crying out in pain. On one such occasion, the student asked the old master: “Why do you go on painting, if it hurts so much?” The master looked up to his disciple, and with an assuring smile replied: “Remember always, son… … Pain passes, but beauty remains!”