The Joys of Suffering

To be alive is to suffer. But what is that which we suffer? Life is the suffering of ourselves. We desire, we crave, we hate, we ignore. We create our lives ourselves to the extent that we see what we want to see or choose. When we walk to the nearest fast food store, there is something that we suffer from, we suffer the feeling of walking, we may suffer from the heat, and we are suffering from the craving of the food. Of course we could just be simple and accept things around us, but if we were simple we would certainly not be going to eat fast food and we certainly would not be spending money on it or even have money.

Suffering is that which we create ourselves, and it is mostly us westerners that suffer. But do those we think suffer, truly suffer that much? Does a poor man with one donkey and two children suffer more than that of a western man with two children and a CEO Position at Microsoft? Well I can’t really make that judgment but in all reality the “donkey man” is probably better off, this man probably appreciates the more important things in life more, and in that life itself. The Western man probably craves more, wants more, and creates his own suffering. But as I said, I can’t make that judgment.

What is your one aspiration in life? Is it to find love? Make money? Be happy? No matter what it is, it creates suffering, none of these things are real goals for the desire to have them creates more complications than the actual acquisition of the goal itself. I myself crave love. And I can tell you that is a painful suffering. What can I do to fix my suffering, well in reality nothing but the best I can do is ignore it and stop wanting.

We cling, we desire, we satisfy but when we die where does it go? Well it goes to someone else who then suffers it more. But what happens to us when we die? The cessation of suffering so it seems! But let’s live this life of suffering just in case for death might be hell. Live your life of suffering and enjoy it for life is what you make it and suffering will always get better. If you suffer the craving of love maybe you will eventually suffer too much love (in a good way) or too much money. Just wait and see. And even if you suffer too much smile!