Kaimana WolffBeing sick successfully is not included in society’s panoply of worthy goals.
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Being sick successfully is not included in society’s panoply of worthy goals. This is the crux of the matter. When one takes medicine to make one feel better, it is seen as a trivial pursuit, because it means that the pain will not be felt. The world is filled with people who must endure illness, pain, and any other obstacle that life brings them because it is what they must do to live. They go through the motions of living, but that does not make them happy or successful.
Source: Broken Sleep
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