You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.
Not everyone can see the truth but he can be it.
I have a bit of a rebellious nature.
I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview in other words a view of the world based on the Scripture and a relationship with God.