letting go

most of us tend to think that to hold on is the greatest strengths we have...no matter what...no matter how painful..i m still holding on..thats how strong i am..but i tend to think different maybe we hold on because we are weak,,,because we are scared of the unknown..maybe because we worry about change..or simply because we want something to hold onto...but does strength always come from pain..why are we brought up to believe the more pain the more lessons we learn..maybe pain is good..maybe helps us to be better people..but maybe makes us very bitter people too...makes us very angry people too..why not let go of the pain..why not just tell yourself that being happy or finding happiness also takes a lot courage,,,you have to rise up above a lot of obstacles actually to get a glimpse of happiness so why not chose that instead of holding onto that pain...i think its always better to chose happiness over pain..