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Originally Posted by Photon

Who said we did? These are some compelling arguments, I must say.

I am going to further clarify that I agree with the part that everyone is going to hurt you. This is true and Bob Marley deserves no praise for essentially pointing out the sky is blue. The latter part of that quote about suffering? That is just dumb. I've been hurt and hurt countless people. A person is not worth any suffering on my part, ever. I'm sorry, but I've seen way too many physically and/or emotionally abusive relationships hinging themselves on the whole idea of being worth suffering through. What a ridiculous idea.

He's not saying we should stay with the person who kicks the sh*t out of us.

He's not saying we should stay with the person who makes us miserable.

He's saying that everyone hurts us, in some way... (which you agree with) .. and that we have to decide who is worth having in our lives.

We can't simply discard everyone who hurts us or we would be alone. We have to decide who to keep and who to discard based on how much they make us suffer (i.e hurt us), weighed up against how much they give in terms of love, friendship, support, etc.