Why Do We Need Pain?

Pain.  What is the root of all pain?  Sometimes pain comes from something that was supposed to be good.  Sometimes pain evolves from our caring for others.  Sometimes pain comes from trying and failing.

 Why is pain so easy to find?   Is it because of the many different sources it can come from?  It seems so frequent, and unifying in a way.  We all go through it.  We all feel it, for one reason or another.  Is that the point of it all?  Is pain meant to bring us together?  We feel so connected to those who can identify with our struggles, and we are inspired by those who have made it out.  We look to eachother in times of need and mark a good friend as one who is there for us when we are in pain.

 In a way, pain is important to us, and life would definitely be different without it.  Really, I think us humans actually NEED pain.  When things are too good for too long, we get worried.  We wonder why something bad hasn’t happened yet.  Is that simply from experience or something deeper?  Is there some part of us that knows pain is necessary to the lives we live?

 Though some say they don’t want to, we often let pain define us.  Don’t get confused though.  It isn’t the pain that defines us, but the way we handle it, and that isn’t an original thought.  Is that why pain is important?  Do we need it in order to grow closer to understanding ourselves?  Does it help shape us?  I believe so.

 I really believe that we need pain, crave it almost.  Okay, maybe crave is a little far, but we do rely on pain in ways we may not even realize.  We rely on it to help determine who is there for us and worth sticking around.  We use it to draw closer to each other, and learn more about ourselves.  Most of all, we use pain to make us realize how great the good days are.

 I don’t know what the root of pain is.  It seems to come from many places.  But what I do know is that, despite the way it hurts us, breaks us, and tears us apart, pain can be a GOOD thing, and most importantly a thing we need.