Realizing that we innately want to evolve–and that the other stuff we are going after, while nice, won’t sustain our happiness–has helped me focus on my goals of evolving and contributing to evolution in my own infinitely small way. While we don’t like pain, everything that nature made has a purpose, so nature gave us pain for a purpose. So what is its purpose? It alerts us and helps direct us.
意识到我们天生想要进化——而我们追求的其他东西虽然不错，但无法维持我们的幸福——这帮助我专注于我的进化目标，并以我自己无限小的方式为进化做出贡献。虽然我们不喜欢痛苦，但大自然创造的一切都有其目的，所以大自然给我们痛苦是有目的的。那么它的目的是什么？它提醒我们并帮助指导我们。

source:https://www.principles.com/principles/9d892b9d-86b2-4cf3-afc0-a1a8df5b22cd/