Well whomever resurrected this ... oh well.

After reading through, I tend to agree with silverhawk. Advising others to "Avoid Pain" isn't what I call good advice. In our world pain, difficulties and hardships are everywhere. The sooner we learn to adapt and overcome it, the better we become.

Think of it this way, over-protective parents whom always shield their child from 'the big bad world' can only protect that child until a certain age.
There will come a time when the child has to leave the comfort and security of the parents and go out alone be it to study or work in the real world.

Suddenly he/she finds that people use swear words in every sentence!
Suddenly he/she finds out that sex, drugs and violence are rampant !
Suddenly he/she finds out that colleagues can actually back stab!

Another example which has some merit are the students from pure boys schools or pure girls schools. 12 years of education their interaction with people of the opposite gender is limited. Come college time they just don't know how to act properly around people of the opposite gender - MOREOVER during college time is when most people have matured, are good looking and this and that which makes them go "Ga-Ga" and tongue tied half the time!

I like your attitude towards life. Past few months I've been reading some books and it did touch on this. Reviewing Randy Pausch's video again reaffirmed this i.e. what happened to the childhood innocence in us.

What happened to

"When I grow up, I want to be a doctor!"
"When I grow up, I want to be a pilot!"
"When I grow up, I want to be able to help people"

In my opinion, one of the worse things that can be said to an individual is "It can't be done." "Give it up"

Just pause and think for a moment, what world would we be in if the Wright's Brother's said "F*** this shit, it ain't gonna work"
or perhaps if Thomas Elva Edison said "Screw this, I've tried over 1 thousand times and it didn't work"

Eh, I wouldn't hammer Jyou on his outlook in life. He's got a good and positive outlook, and it isn't an easy one to live. There are times we being human falter and lose sight, but those are times to get up again.