EXTRA CREDIT #1 – What does this mean?
My friends and I have a saying…actually we have thousands of them. Here’s what I want you to do to earn this grade.
- Figure out what it means
- Break it down into its parts to really figure it out.
- Tell us. How does it apply to you?
- Do you have any personal experience you’d be willing to share with us on this?
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
So, what do you make of it?
Well I think this means that everyone in life goes through pain, but its your choice in the way you take that pain.
THIS QUOTE TO ME MEANS THAT NO MATTER WHAT, PAIN IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT IS YOUR CHOICE TO SUFFER OR NOT.
THIS RELATES TO ME BECAUSE ON MAY 2,2007 MY DEAREST GRANDMOTHER PAST AWAY.
NO MATTER WHAT IT HURT FOR ME TO KNOW THAT I WAS NEVER GOING TO SEE HER ANYMORE (PAIN IS INEVITABLE). YES, I CRYED BECAUSE I’M GOING TO MISS HER, BUT YET MY FATHER DIDN’T CRY LIKE I DID.
THIS QUOTE REALLY HELPS ME BECAUSE IT SHOWS ME THAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO SUFFER AND DWELL IN THE PAIN OR GRIEVE AND MOVE ON (SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL).
THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME SEE THIS MR.MOSHE’
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
http://www.funnypoets.com/
http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/funny/
Dear Mr. Moshe,
I didn’t see were to post these three things, so I posted them here. I will explain it to you tomarrow but this is incase you find it tonight.
Thank you,
Rick F.
This means to me that even though through your life your going to go through things…
but you don’t always have to weep or suffer.
How can I use the quoet? you ask..Well recently my Aunt passed away and though it pains me when I think about it, I dont remain in a depression and cause myself to suffer. This quote can be used to overcome practically anything. For exampl, lets you lost a baseball game. Though it hurts to know you lost, you can choose to move out of sufferance..
I think that this quote means that everyone has to endure pain and deal with it, but whether you have to suffer because of it or of anyhting else is your choice. I like this quote….
“Pain is inevitable;suffering is optional” simply means that everyone will feel or come in contact with pain;while it is up the person to decide if they want to suffer from it or learn from it.
This proverb applies to me because there were numeral accounts were I’ve felt pain, but I’ve choose to learn from them instead of suffering and having a pity-party.
At the moment there are no personal experiences that I would be willing to share with the public.
I think that this means everyone goes to some kind of pain in their lives and that these things can’t be avoided but its how you handle the situation that makes all the difference…. For example i can apply this to myself when i first moved to Florida, I cried and pleaded that I didn’ t want to come and how I was leaving my friends and family behind..but when i came to florida my options were to sit down and mope around crying all day being isolated from the world or go out and make new friends and make the best of my situation which is what I did and I fell that has made all the difference.
sorry i didnt put what period i was in above
i Think It Means your always going to go through stuff you cant stop that, but that you can always make the best of things not bring you down.
It applies to me becuase i go through a lot in my life and i just try to make the best of things
sufferage – hmmmm. That is a good one. What’s “sufferage”?
I know this about it:
http://www.history.com/exhibits/woman/main.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa022299.htm
****”Depression can be an addiction; if you’re depressed long enough, it feels unnatural to be happy.”
****”Sometimes it feels better and safer to dwell in sorrow because it feels like home.”
A classmate of ours brought this topic to the discussion, so I thought I’d do some research on the issue.
This is not something to take lightly. Most people who are depressed either do not realize that they are in fact depressed, or do not want to admit it they are depressed. In today’s society it is all too important to “look” good, cool, OK.
You will all find out that it is far more important to let people know when you are NOT feeling quite right.
Thought provoking stuff to say the least.
A topic that is usually too scary for most to actually deal with.
Depression.
It is important not to isolate when one feels depressed. As much as we might want to, it is the most unfsafe thing to do.
For some real information on Depression checkout the links I’ve added below:
http://www.teendepression.org/
http://www.upliftprogram.com/depression_stats.html
http://depression.about.com/od/factsfigures/Statistics.htm
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
In my opinion, this means that during your life, you will get hurt both emotionally and physically, meaning, pain is inevitable. Although, you have a choice when it comes to sufferage, you can either move on with it and forget about it, or you can suffer and dwell on whatever it is.
I do think that this applies to me, I think it applies to everyone becuase everyone has to move on with life.
I think it means that you can’t escape pain,no matter how hard you try,it could be physical or emotional.Suffering though, is your choice because you choose to be upset,you choose to mope over it instead or being like “whatever” and getting over it.
It means to me that when pain comes instead of letting it consume you you should just let it go.
I think that this means that every body has to go through pain at least once in their life. You have no control over that. But, you can control mopeing all day or accept what happened and move on. It is o-kay to be sad for some time; but you don’t have to suffer.
What is grieving?
To me, grieving is mourning over an event which causes great sorrow. However, it can convert to suffering if someone dreads on it over a vast period of time, which could trigger suicidal, hysteria or insanity exertions.
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
It means you are going to get screwed over but you should make the most of it and not let it bother you. (life gives you lemons make lemonade)
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
To me, this quote means that pain occurs to everyone (even if you take drugs and/or other substances that clogs pain, it’ll just come back with vengeance). Basically, pain is a thread that makes up our existence — to live without pain is not living at all. However, suffering is another story. No matter what vexes you, it’s up to you either to cry your eyes out or get back on your feet and brush it off.
The quote applies to me in many situations, though I don’t want to announce any of them here. But, I will say this:
Sometimes it feels better and safer to dwell in sorrow because it feels like home. Even though you know it’s not really right and you want to feel better, suffering is what you’re used to; it almost feels better not to feel better at all. However, we still should allow ourselves to feel happy and carry on — though we shouldn’t forsake what causes our suffering for it makes us who we are and helps us, or should, avoid our past mistakes so we don’t have to endure them again. Heh, I guess that’s why we experience pain.
I guess I’m trying to say depression can be an addiction; if you’re depressed long enough, it feels unnatural to be happy. However, happiness shines through our darkest days and, though it feels scary and out of place, we still experience bliss no matter what. We should embrance joy, but again, it’s our chose to chose either path.
Courage is defined as Basmatee being up front with all of you about her personal experience. That’s the great thing about being openminded about what other people have to say about things. I can use the strength Bas has because she has shared that strength with me.
Now there is another thing that has come up. Sabrina said, “I also know that grieving and suffering is not going to ease it.”
I disagree. I have come to understand taht grieving is necessary, while suffering is not.
So, I ask you all . . .
What is grieving?
pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
i know so many people, especially adolecents, that can relate to this quote.
Everyone goes through hardship. Its a part of life.
Suffering, or making it even harder is just all your choice.
Many people i know are always so hard on themselves when a problem comes. They dont do something to solve the problem, they just cry and die and just make it an even bigger problem. I think its all just for the attention aspect, but yeah.
I know that pain is something that im going to have to deal with in life. But I also know that grieving and suffering is not going to ease it.
Sorry it didnt go the first time….
http://www.planetc1.com/cgi-bin/n/v.cgi?c=1&id=1153545283
This website can maybe be helpful to some of you…
Pain is Inevitable; Suffering is Optional
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
This quote means a lot to me, and I believe that I can apply to it greatly…
To begin with, this quote means … that pain is experienced my everyone and you cannot get rid of it. But suffering is resulted by that pain you experience, only if you allow it. You CAN be happy and feel a whole load of pain at the same time. It all depends on how you want yourself to be seen and how strong you are. Are you willing to put those hurt feelings to the side and move on? To be able to live your life? It’s all up to how you look at things and what you really want in life.
This quote does apply to me … in may ways… BUT one experience in particular is when my dad died. At that time I had so many feelings but pain was the most. I didn’t know what to do … how to move on…and more farther how different things would be. During that time I talked to my cousin a lot, who lost her brother about six years ago. She really knew what I was going through. She understood everything I felt and she told me “Do not let it bring you down.” Everyone told me “Your father would want you to go to school and to be happy.” But one thing my cousin said that really stuck with me was…”Don’t cry because your tears will drown him in a river and that will push him farther away.” I didn’t want that so I stayed brave, my sister and I needed to stay that way for my mom. We are a small family but its all filled with love and no suffering, and that is what counts.
Your pain is just a feeling, if you over come it… You can do so much more and fulfill your dreams. Suffering will not make things any better than they are, it will just make things worse and push away those you really care about. Is that what you want? You can be what you want to be, and do what you want to do…If you put your pain in the past.
You can cry… I know I still do … but do not be hard on yourself, by not allowing yourself to be happy. Pain is part of life, both physical and mental.
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
It applies to me because I have had various situations where something caused me great pain, but I have had to decide whether to continue suffering because of that pain.
One example, and this is not of my own personal experience, would be that a close relative of yours, that you were really really close to, died. When you learn of their death it cause great pain, but to keep suffering is your choice. You don’t have to keep crying or keep mourning them. That is what the saying means.
So my question to you all is: How can you use what you all seem to know about this quote in life?
Well, most of you . . .
Lenin, I’m not sure I understand what you are talking about (besides the fact that you did not proof your post). Actually I DO think I get your what you were trying to say.
You seem to be talking about Glory and Fame. Two things wich are more temporary than most things, and two things that actually have a lot of nothing to do with the quote.
Your response, while honest about your position on pushing yourself to achieve ever greater things for Glory, did not really have anything to do with the quote.
This is about learning. So, although you misinterpreted the quote, Lenin, you will still get the extra credit. Just read on for posterity.
I will break it down simply.
“Pain is inevitable ”
– Life is hard.
“Suffering is optional.”
– But we do not have to dwell on that fact.
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
Feeling pain is part of life. There will be the times when you’ll want to curl up and just wish the world would end in the blink of an eye however that would be suffering. Pain is one of the many feelings we get, however it’s our choice whether we want to let pain get to us and suffer or if we just want to get rid of it and get on with life.
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
Pain is inevitable: Pain is inescapable. No matter what you try to do, you can’t avoid or hide from it.
Suffering is optional: It is your choice whether to FEEL the pain or not. If you keep thinking about the problem and how bad it is, you will feel the misery and sadness, the trouble and annoyance of it. By looking on the brighter side of life, forgetting the problem and pretending or even KNOWING it doesn’t exists, then you won’t feel the pain.
I think this saying means,(or almost means), that through out life you’re going to get hurt in some way, shape, or form but you don’t have to keep thinking about what happened. If you let it go and forget about the event then you’ll feel better. I guess what I’m trying to say is that instead of having something “pick” at you from the back of your mind and being misreble, just let it go and only be misreble for a couple of hours maybe even a day.
Everyone goes through strife. It is unavoidable, as a human being. The second part of the quote “suffering is optional,” means that, how much you weep, is solely your decision.
THIS MEANS ALOT TO ME BECAUSE I GO THROUGH THINGS SIMILIAR TO THIS ALOT AND I TRY TO PUSH MY SELF LIKE NEVER BEFORE NO MATTER HOW MUCH PAIN BECUASE THE PRIZE OR RESULT AFTER IS GREAT AND DEFINETELY WORTH IT.
WHICH MEANS TO ME: “PAIN IS ONLY TEMPORARY WHILE GLORY IS FOREVER” THAT WAT IT MEANS TO ME.
I think it means that everyone has to deal with pain whether it’s physical or emotional. If things happen in your life that causes you to be depressed or feel, sorry for yourself you have the choice of either getting over it or keep on feeling bad for yourself.
In a simpler version everyone goes through pain no matter what but you have the choice of suffering from it or not.