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!”