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I don't think we ever choose to suffer.

We don't go, bring it on, but in the end, that suffering helps us grow.

So, for instance, the boy, as an example, always wants to be brave.

And he says, I don't feel very brave.

And then the horse says, well, that was a brave thing to say.

But the point is, but he hits the storm and goes through it and learns just because he has to, how to be courageous and chooses life.

He chooses to love.

He chooses to hold on.

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