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Inside out

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A few weeks ago, as a family, we went to see the new Pixar movie "Inside out." It's not often that I sit through a kids film and come out feeling a deeper meaning for life but this one had an amazing message to share. The main part of the movie was about a young girl working through her many feelings including, Disgust, Anger, Fear, Joy and Sadness. I won't give away too much of the movie but in the end its discovered that this little girl was not able to find complete Joy and happiness without experiencing some kind of sadness. As the ending replayed in my head over and over again, its message clicked for me. So often we wish for everything to be pain free to avoid the feelings that come along with misery and sorrow. It's human nature to not want to feel pain. I know from personal experience that when pain is at it's worst, it's unbearable, almost hard to breath. Losing a loved one is a pain that never heals it only get more bearable. Thinking about goi...