Do you agree that 'suffering is optional' and that humanity desires it?

I no longer remember where I’ve read that suffering is optional (too much stumbling)...yet I remember thinking ‘what a load of crap!’...yes for some of us it might be optional in that we’re privileged enough to have the kind of suffering that can be ameliorated by a change in attitude…but what of the parts of the world where people are truly suffering from hunger, poverty,disease…how is it optional for them? what do you believe? do you think it’s all about how one perceives their troubles, that even for physical ailments, it’s all mind over matter? or do you believe that things are more complicated than that? and either way do you think it’s true that humanity, humans, society desires suffering? Someone earlier asked about us never being happy, always wanting more stuff/changes…what do you think?