In an ideal world….
- There would be no suffering
- There would be no exams
- Best friends would be next-door neighbors
- There would be no heartbreaks, depression, tension, stress
- There would be no poverty, illness, crime
- There wouldn’t be an unborn child with a heart defect, and parents who want to abort it
- There would be no politics, nuclear deals and terrorism
But are we ready for such a world?
If there is no suffering, what would we compare happiness to? If distance wouldn’t separate our loved ones from us, what value would we have for them. If there are no heartbreaks, there would be no friendships, no flirting, no laughs and winks, no attraction and adolescence would lose all of its tingling. 
No exams still seems like a good idea though 
and no terrorism too. But think of it…. I don’t want to live in an ideal world. I think these words from Shantaram explain it better..
“I think that we do not suffer anything in this life, if we are strong enough to deny it.”
“Is it not true that some of our strength comes from suffering? That suffering hardship makes us stronger? That those of us who have never known a real hardship, and true suffering, cannot have the same strength as others, who have suffered much? And if that is true, does that not mean that your argument is the same thing as saying that we have to be weak to suffer, and we have to suffer to be strong, so we have to be weak to be strong?”
“I would say that it is different for all of us, but that it happens when we grow up, when we mature and pass from the childishness of our youthful tears and become adults. I think that is a part of growing up, learning to control our suffering.I think we grow up, and we learn that happiness is rare, that it passes quickly, we become disillusioned and hurt. Suffering, you see is a kind of anger. We rage against the unfairness, the injustice of our sad and sorry lot “
