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Great things come with risk—why you must embrace both joy and suffering
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0:00All great things come with risk. If you put an idea out there, you risk ridicule. If you want to fall in love, you risk rejection. If you want to have intimacy, right? You you risk vulnerability. Wherever there is joy, there is suffering. And wherever there is suffering, there's potential for joy. Most of these elements that we want out of life are double-edged swords. They're two sides to the same coin. We want one side without the other. We want the sunny days without the rainy days, but it's just weather. And the only way you can avoid that is by never going outside.
0:28But I think if you never go outside, I think you miss out on life.