Just another WordPress.com weblog  Problem and Suffering Meaning
November 24, 2011   From one point of view, there are no
problems, and hence, there is no suffering (as we create it in
our own mind when reality is different from what we expect).
From another point of view, problems like suffering are
unavoidable and they go hand in hand with life. Hmm… If I had
to, I would pick without hesitation the former one… There are of
course different versions of the latter one, as to when you do
find yourself with problems and suffering, what do you do then?
1. Build resilience by overcoming them   2. Don’t think about
problems, but positive things   3. Take on more problems, bigger
problems   4. Don’t get into suffering mode, just find a
solution  I’m sure there are other approaches, that just escape
me now…  I was so confused by trying to reconcile different
perspectives on problems that I even searched on Google
issue/problem diagram, chart, decision tree, etc… None were
found.  How is it possible that some peop