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Examples of Suffering in Everyday Life
Headaches - What do you do when you have one? How do you handle your headache? Do you immediately take medicine, or do you "suffer through" the headache?
Colds - Do you go to a doctor for all coughs, sore throats, and fevers? Do you use natural remedies or over-the-counter and prescription medicines? How do you view colds? Are they merely a sickness to be immediately cured?
Family frustrations - What do you do when you have problems with your family or close friends? Do you see these at moments from which to grow or something else?
School and homework - What do you do when you do not want to go to class or complete a homework assignment? Do you view this suffering as useless or as an opportunity to become more mature? When you make your decision, what is the basis?
Employment - Do you view your job as productive to society? How do you think of suffering that occurs at work? How do you handle frustrations when they occur in the work place?
As one begins to answer the above questions that relate to forms of everyday suffering, one begins to understand with which philosophical system one uses to view the world. Suffering is not merely limited to the grandiose examples commonly referenced, such as terminal cancer; rather, suffering includes all of the tiny, miniscule moments of frustration and anxiety that a person feels throughout the day, especially when such feelings arise from physical pain, such as a headache.
After reading the questions and thinking over them, review the different philosophies covered in the presentation.
Which do you hold?
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