Suffering saves the Soul

Our little joys and hapinesses look like broken toys at the slightest threat of pain and suffering.
Why?
Both pleasure and pain can be received as both good and bad, justifying all sorts of behaviour by the recipient, but it is the nature of the emotion, it is a two edged sword that is wielded by the recipient.
Why?
Do we necessarily need to have evil results from pain and good results from pleasure, or is this merely what is expected by the masses, what we are trained and taught to do.
Why?
We ask ourselves, Why us? Why me? WHY NOT! The voice from within booms back into our faces resoundingly.
What do you expect out of life, what do you want?
Have you ever asked yourself these questions, or have you just taken it for granted that you deserve as much as the next guy, if not more, because you are a decent fellow, better than most, in your own eyes anyway.
We are deluding ourselves if we expect to get through this life, this short period of existence here on this earth, unscathed, unmarked, uncleansed.
It is only through the burning away of the excesses the unnecessary, superfluous cares and concerns can we truly see who and what we are, our role in humanity's timeline and understand that truly we are nothing, we count for nothing and nothing we do matters or makes any difference!.........