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Now before our episode begins, here's a quick word from our sponsors.

Hey there, good morning, welcome to wake me up.

I'm your host Tyler as always,

and I'm so thrilled that you're here today

because we're going to explore one of life's hardest truths,

that you can't have pleasure without pain or joy without suffering.

We all know this to be true, but we end up still trying to escape pain, which just causes us more pain in the end.

Today we're going to talk about how to embrace joy and adversity so that we can live fuller, healthier, and more enjoyable lives.

But before we dive in,

just take a second to pause.

Take a deep breath in, fill all the way up.

Hold and then exhale. And bring to mind something that's pleasureful in your life these days,

a hobby or a relationship, maybe even your job.

And consider whether there have been moments in the history of this

pleasureful thing that were not so pleasureful. Maybe there was some

adversity, trials and tribulations, or even full out pain and suffering.

Chances are you can probably think of a few moments like that.

And it just goes to show that everything in life has its ups and downs.

A coworker once told me that our emotions can only go as high as we're willing to allow them to go low. And I think there's a lot of truth in that.

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