To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear.

Matshona Dhliwayo
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To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain. It is a difficult concept to grasp, but it is a fact that if we do not have any past experiences, we cannot appreciate anything in this world. We may have a smooth life without any problems but if we do not know what it feels like to be hurt or hurt others, we will not appreciate the good things in life. It is like looking at something beautiful and saying that you do not care about it because you have never been hurt by something ugly. We all need some scars on our bodies to appreciate the beauty of life and enjoy the beauty of everything around us.

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