Suffering is inescapable. It’s intrinsic to be human.

We don’t do our children any favors by pretending otherwise. We don’t do ourselves any favors by pretending otherwise.

I’m not saying that we go out of our way to show them suffering or make them suffer. But when it knocks on the door, we shouldn’t always be protecting them from it.

Love long enough and you will suffer.

Life is about figuring out how to handle the suffering wisely and nobly. And meaning is found in working to transcend and ameliorate that suffering.

If you really internalize this then you will reject victimhood. When terrible things happen you won’t fall into “wow is me.” You’ll be as prepared as possible and will view it as a necessary part of life. (The hard thing, for me at least, is internalizing this. It takes constant work.)

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