The Thin Line

Everyone has heard and reheard the broken record preaching about the thin line separating love and hate. What about the thin line separating masochists from people that have pride over the fact they overcome obstacles? They are one in the same, two peas in a pod, two of a kind...yada yada yada. Masochists are people who enjoy pain; overcomers are happy to beat the pain. The middleman: both groups use pain to make them happy. You can try to hide from the truth, but face it--you're a masochist/overcomer.