“Without pain, how could we know joy?’ This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate.
~ John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
I was just thinking about the ways in which we strive to give meaning to our suffering in this world…
and this quote made me chuckle a little at myself. Have a joyful day!
