Photo By Monique Grobler From my perspective, there is a template to life that every human being on this planet needs to endure and transcend. Regardless of what cultural background you are from, regardless of your colour, creed, or religion: every one of us arrives on this planet to overcome challenges. A sort of obstacle course of emotions if you would prefer to look at it that way. We arrive on this planet in perfection, some with physical challenges and harsh environments, but when we arrive here at birth, we are all whole beings – pure and untainted. As we grow and get further into this human experience, our first experiences of suffering begin when what we want or need is denied to us in some way or another. Be it love, material items, respect, or other human rights, we absorb the experiences that are not in alignment with what feels harmonious as pain and suffering. Not one human has escaped this template of being born whole and pure, and needing to face pain and a...