Yeah, that quote blew me away too. I think we have been bred to avoid pain and suffering as well as all other unpleasant circumstances. But often times, bad situations happen that are unavoidable. We need to come to realize them, as Colbert did, as part of what defines and shapes us. You cannot pick and choose what happens to you, only how you react. You cannot go back and change the past, only the future.

And we can't appreciate joy, without the presence of sorrow.

"The sweet is never as sweet without the sour." -Vanilla Sky