Springboard: What is something you're passionate about? Does that passion give meaning to your suffering?
I'm passionate about my relationships. I take pride and find joy in the depth of the connections I share with people in my life. Often, I become closer to a friend, family member, or my partner because of challenging — even painful — conversations.
Those conversations are a form of suffering I find meaningful because they serve as a vehicle to a better understanding and deeper connection between two people, which is a worthy end.
If suffering is “part of striving toward something meaningful, toward something we value,” then what does shame mean to you? Is shame when one commits an act that goes against their values? When one suffers because they view their action as personally immoral (relative to what they define as personally moral)?
I'm an atheist too and I find your reflection philosophical, you revealed an interesting correlation between suffering and passion. Pain and pleasure are all relative, if we never suffer pain we would never know passion.
Springboard: What is something you're passionate about? Does that passion give meaning to your suffering?
I'm passionate about my relationships. I take pride and find joy in the depth of the connections I share with people in my life. Often, I become closer to a friend, family member, or my partner because of challenging — even painful — conversations.
Those conversations are a form of suffering I find meaningful because they serve as a vehicle to a better understanding and deeper connection between two people, which is a worthy end.
If suffering is “part of striving toward something meaningful, toward something we value,” then what does shame mean to you? Is shame when one commits an act that goes against their values? When one suffers because they view their action as personally immoral (relative to what they define as personally moral)?
My favorite line, “I refuse to read the lines assigned to us.”
I'm an atheist too and I find your reflection philosophical, you revealed an interesting correlation between suffering and passion. Pain and pleasure are all relative, if we never suffer pain we would never know passion.