If emotions are something that must be forced, I would rather spend my life among people and companionship.
As long as you firmly believe "I can do it," you will be able to objectively assess the obstacles ahead and regard them as challenges to overcome rather than excuses for inaction.
Animals need to breathe, and so do you; animals need food, and so do you; Animals experience joy and sorrow, and you also experience happiness and sadness. Some people claim that humans are different from animals and therefore can harm them at will, but I have never heard a more baseless claim.
