Tell me how and with what you suffer, and I'll tell you how ignorant or evolved you are.

          Suffering occurs when Life wants us to go one way, and we insist on going the other, usually feeding illusions that deny reality. In such cases, the pain only ceases with the use of intelligence, goodwill, and common sense.

          It's not pain and suffering that teach; it's the person, tired of suffering, who gives in to Life, becomes humble, and is willing to learn how to do better.

          The person with more emotional and spiritual intelligence suffers less. While the stubborn, proud, immature, neurotic, controlling, and, mainly, dramatic suffers much more.

          However, life is eternal, so someday we'll all learn to get smarter to suffer less and less.