4 Ways Suffering Helps Us Evolve

If we had the chance to design our life experience any way we wanted, we would probably all choose a life filled with as much happiness, peace, and bliss as possible.  We would all choose gummy bear lives.  How many of us would choose to include heartbreak, pain, darkness, stress, depression, and suffering?

It’s our natural instinct to avoid suffering.  In fact, it’s a biological mechanism that is meant to protect us.  But as much as we like to avoid pain and suffering in our lives, sometimes it is best to go through the suffering, instead of trying to go around it.   When we stop resisting suffering and take the time to digest it, it is literally the greatest catalyst for personal transformation.