Big Picture" Writing Task

Explain, thoughtfully and completely, the meaning and message of the following passage, how it relates to the Law of Conservation of Energy, and how it relates to a personal experience from your life.

THE RAMSEY BOX

"Imagine a rectangular box with a divider in the middle. Think of this box as containing all the pain and suffering in your life. The divider separates two types of pain: on the left is the suffering associated with training, hard work, sacrifice, etc.; on the right is the pain and frustration associated with failure and sucking. The only way to reduce one sort of pain is by trading it for the other..."