Some people think that in order for life to be good they have to avoid pain, the danger with that is people become so good at avoiding pain that people learn not to feel anything at all. Not joy, not love, not happiness, or hope. People become in a sense emotionally anesthetized. Living lives with a narrow emotional range, just mostly a perpetual feeling of monotony, one grey day after another. People become so good at mastering detachment that nothing will reach them emotionally. At times when I talk to people I find that one thing that drains so much of them is a sense of meaning from their lives and boredom. So many people find their jobs boring, relationships, friendships, and hobbies all boring. In a pathetic desperation they change jobs, breakup with a partner, become distant from friends, and look at other outlets to lift their lives above the level of mundane. Some people even turn to self-destructive things like drugs. They think that the fault is in what they are doing and who they are doing it with. While sometimes a change is called for, more times than not the problem is in themselves. These people I have found are so numb that they walk through life never getting hurt, or feeling much at all for anything and anyone, yet wonder why they feel so numb. Some of these people even think it is a good thing to feel like this. To be authentic, and human these people need to take off the armor they go around wearing to keep the world from hurting them, or feeling anything. They have to be prepared to accept pain, or how can they expect to feel joy, happiness, hope or love. All of us need to make room in our souls to feel. Yes the world may break our hearts but we as humans can survive.

Love, peace, and happiness.