We have all experienced pain and discomfort. Most often our response is to shelter ourselves from the risk of being hurt. So we enslave ourselves in comfort.

Life is hard and by trying to avoid this we actually make life harder for us. We know pain and struggle is a part of life, so why don't we lean into them. Find a way to endure and become stronger and better and more apt to face adversity instead of crying poor pitiful me.

You are not oppressed and you are not a victim. You are a man and you love facing life with a damn big courageous smile. Life can kick your ass only if you allow it to.