Friday, March 14, 2014

The "Size" of Suffering

I have made an observation connected to the universally known truth that suffering is an unavoidable facet of human life. When we talk about suffering, we usually refer to "big stuff" such as disease, accidents, financial problems, death, misfortune, i.e. any dramatic situation in general. My observation regards the fact that, even in the absence of any of the above, suffering is still present. Being caused by apparently negligible details in one's personal or family life does not change the fact that the individual "suffers". As beauty or harmony do not depend on the size of the object or the length of the symphony, so emotional pain can be as excruciating - no matter what its cause is.

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