Pain causes numbness. But is being numb to the pain of a broken world always a bad thing? Maybe not, argues my friend Matthew.

Maybe sometimes, this is the only way we can do any good. When we dry the tears and stop feeling bad. When we pull up our sleeves and get to work.

Of course, we need an experience to begin this work of making a difference in the world, but it certainly doesn't end there. Or at least, it shouldn't.