My question is why do we suffer?

Question

is this not the question we ask

the answer is not easy if it was we wonder why/

for to suffer is really the heart felt anguish that makes us human

we swallow it and move on as hard as it is knowing that it is our duty

as tears fall from our eyes we swallow again for we know the pain we suffer must have a reason be it not for us to know

Answer 1

Why do we enjoy?

I agree with the first answer.

If there were no anguish or pain we wouldn't know what true happiness and enjoyment is.  

Answer 2

if you are a caring, feeling, trusting, loving  human bieng then we are meant to suffer.  It is bieng alive we need to feel all emotions to really be alive.  Have a good life without alot of suffering from Sandy (Sydney Australia)

Answer 3

Without suffering there would be no compassion

Answer 4

A man named Adam. Going against God's command caused us all to suffer. Jesus died for our sins, and yet the human race doesn't care.  

Answer 5

This is a very hard question to answer.  I often ask myself this very same question and I find that I come up with more questions than answers.  I guess to suffer is to confirm that we are mere mortals who can feel pain and hurt.

It is probably easier to deal with suffering if it is self-imposed.  Like the pain and suffering from circumstances that we can directly control.  This is probably the number one reason why there is so much divorce these days.  We no longer accept that we must suffer the pain of relationships that go wrong and inflict pain on us so we get rid of the offending spouse.

However, suffering that is brought on by disease is harder to deal with because we sometimes have very little control.  We can use our minds, herbs and alternative treatments to try to cope with some of the things that ail us with some degree of success.

Medication, prayer, yoga and exercise are other ways of coping with mental anguish and some forms of suffering.

Why do we suffer? I believe that we sometimes emerge from suffering, stronger, wiser and happier so it is life's way of preparing us for our journey here.

My personal advice would be view suffering as a challenge as oppose to looking at it as anguish.  It helps you to develop better coping mechanisms and find more lasting solutions.

Although, this is probably better applied to emotional distress than physical but these skills can be suitable in combination for a good result.

Answer 6

we suffer because we have to, not because we want to. we have to suffer for we can learn and live a better life

Answer 7

We suffer because of wrong thinking and negative choices. We suffer because we are negative and negative draws more negative to it.  We lose hope and we lose focus. Instead of looking forward we hang onto our hurts and pains and what people said to us and as a result we suffer.

Paul told Timothy to focus on his strengths. "That special gift.you were given.keep that dusted off and in use" (1 Ti 4:14 TM). Focused people don't hide their weaknesses or excuse them; instead they focus on their strengths! There's a story about a couple who decided to build a farm. Then they began to argue. The wife wanted to build the house first. The husband wanted to build the barn first to house the animals. They went back and forth until finally the man said, "Look, we have to build the barn first - because the barn will enable us to build the house, the garage, the silo, the children's swing set, and everything else!" When you focus on putting first things first, everything else is more likely to fall into place.

Anthony Campolo says, "What you commit yourself to, will change what you are and make you into a completely different person. The future conditions you, not the past. What you commit yourself to become, determines what you are - more than anything that ever happened to you yesterday. Therefore, I ask you, 'What are your commitments? Where are you going? What are you going to be?' Show me somebody who hasn't decided, and I'll show you somebody who has no identity, no personality, no direction."

Focusing on weaknesses instead of strengths is like having a handful of coins, a few made of gold, the rest of tarnished copper, and setting aside the gold coins to spend your time shining the copper ones in hopes of making them more valuable. No matter how long you spend, they'll never be worth what the gold ones are. So, stay focused on your God-given strengths! Trust God and let him be your strength and remain positive.  Remember that you may not FEEL like being strong because negative feelings and emotions will tell you you cant so you have to CHOOSE to override those and become positive and substitute negative thoughts with positive ones. Remember we are the masters of our own destinies so we have to make sure we do what is right and stay focused too.

Answer 8

theodicy. look it up

Answer 9

Hmmm... I feel like that everyday... I thought I was cursed or something.  Yeah, I ask why a lot... I only assume we have to suffer to get to what makes us truly happy, that keeps me going most of the time.

Answer 10

I'm not really all that good in getting my opinion across cause usually it's all mumble jumble, but if ppl didn't suffer then what is the point of happiness no one would understand between good and bad, right and wrong. Yes we as humans have to go though that as its part of life, everything on this earth works in harmony and that's part of the circle of life

Answer 11

we suffer because we wont feel joy without knowing the opposite. there wouldnt be any difference in life.

Answer 12

if we dont suffer we would never know true happiness

Answer 13

without suffering, there would be no compassion. And if there was no suffering, we would never learn.  

Answer 14

cuz things In Life Arnt easy to get

Answer 15

Without equillibrium in the long-term

the planets won't align

to bear ugly in the meanwhile

will carry beauty across time

Answer 16

if we did not suffer then life will be boring and people wouldn't learn  

Answer 17

life?

Answer 18

That's so sad but so true.

Answer 19

Buddhists believe that without suffering we would never grow. And actually look forward to suffering. I am not always quite there in my joy for it yet. But I sure try.  

Answer 20

Evolutionarily, if there wasn't some sort of punishment (pain) to disinhibit an organism from a certain action that reduces evolutionary fitness, then the organism would be more likely to do it.

Pain is simply evolution's way of telling us what to not do (and by extension, what to do).

Answer 21

Sounds like a song.

Answer 22

I know wut u mean. I suffer a lot. But we suffer because with no pain theres no gail. lol