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I disagree. I am perfectly happy to let the world go by and to care only for my loved ones and those who mean something to me, be it my fellow humans or animals. I have my own problems to worry about without adding those of others, or trying to save the world. But I do agree that, on a more personal level, suffering is a part of life. For example, when you fall in love, you don't know what will happen. But if you never try, you never know. This holds true for other things as well. So in that regard, yes, it is important to allow your heart to break and to be open to different things.
Boosting searching4sanity (YMItalking): "We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful, more hardened and more alienated. We experience ourselves as being separate from the whole. This separateness becomes like a prison for us - a prison that restricts us to our personal hopes and fears, and to caring only for the people nearest to us. Curiously enough, if we primarily try to shield ourselves from discomfort, we suffer. Yet, when we don't close off, when we let our hearts break, we discover our kinship with all beings." ~ Pema Chodron
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