NIAGARA, Wis. — The title of today’s column will most likely produce mixed emotions within the reader. Some will simply agree because that has been their own experience. Others will agree, but decide they could have done without the pain. I recently read both an article and a book that dealt with the fact that not only do we as humans all have pain in our lives, but that pain is truly a necessary part of life for all of us. We are tempted to believe that a life without pain would be the best life to lead. So, let’s take a closer look.

As a way of easing into this topic, Roy H. Williams cites three types of people: those driven by passion, those driven by scars, and those driven by wounds. It is easy to understand being driven by passions because they are things that naturally bring us joy

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