Why it is important to suffer
First scenario
"A student who is studying in school wants to write an exam and he is willing to pass, started reading hard in preparation for the exam. He knew how hard it is to read and sacrifice himself day and night. But because he is willing to make a good grade, he would not sleep for weeks, reading all pages of the textbook. He writes the exam and passed excellently; he becomes happy."
Second scenario
"An individual is in need of a new phone and he got some money from his parent who already knew he needs one. When the individual gets the new phone, he is happy."
When you take a look at these two scenarios, they are different after reading this quote;
“Whatever you didn´t sweat or struggle for, you do not have the right to own it.”
Anonymous
There is no success without failure. There is no gain without pain. There is nothing good somewhere, without experiencing the bad too. Everything in life is in opposites and this is what makes up life.
Many people would look for happiness in things that are related to enjoyment, having pleasure and acquiring something. When someone buys a new phone, car or house, he or she becomes happy. Yes, it is good to be happy when something you ever desired was provided or made available for you, however, real happiness does not come from going out for fun with friends or you acquire something or were given a status, it comes from doing something.
When you work for something, it will be a pride and honor to you than getting it from someone. You will be able to manage what you earned from your sweat and effort because you remembered what you went through getting it. Nothing comes easy but with your struggle in it, it becomes a real happiness for you.
We will be happy when we challenge and push ourselves to make sure we achieve something better. If you want to know what real happiness is, it is the success that you went after and you struggled to get it rather than what just happened to us.
In the case of the two scenarios here, we would definitely agree that though the two individuals were happy, but the real happiness there is the one who made effort, sacrificed himself to get what he wants than a person who was given the money to get a new phone without working for it. Such a person will not value the phone more than how the one who got good grade would cherish his certificate.
Suffering is good and important in our lives because that is what makes us courageous and stronger. It is very important to make out goals, pursue them, struggle for it to make them come to reality. Though it would be hard for us, we would be stressed and most times feel worried, but in the end, it becomes completely worth it.
When we suffer for things we are aiming for, especially the things we ever wanted badly, it can surely bring us happiness because such happiness isn´t relied on an external factors, but it was derived from our commitment and work.
Suffering might not be enjoyable or satisfying but it can help us discover who we truly are and help us rise above our true potential in life. Suffering helps us grow and overcome different obstacles and battles of life. So, when we are suffering, we need to always remember we are making sacrifice to get the real happiness in life.
It is what you work and suffer for that makes you a strong fellow and at that, you are able to face life´s ordeal in your own way without having someone tip you something you didn´t work for.
If you allow yourself to get acquainted to suffering when you know it´s unpleasant, it brings an unexpected value to your life and help you reach through, bringing a lasting happiness to you because it is what you work for that truly matters.
CLOSING THOUGHT
A new week already started yesterday and we are back to continue the struggle. I want us to always be determined and have faith in God that everything will be better in the end.
Lectures starts this week and you know the meaning of that for Princess. I won´t be able to engage much but I promise to come around whenever I am not tired or weak. Have the best week ever.
I do appreciate your time reading to the end.
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[January 10, 2022] (No 10 article for the year)
There is always so much to learn in life and this can only be if we choose to learn from whatever life push at us...
Let me add that suffering on this note is not the real idea of suffering sort of but challenges. They make us stronger than we can, it's a blessing in disguise only if we are positively minded around it but if negative it is a mess on such.
Life has its challenges but we can learn from it becoming better than we use to.
Peace
OkanlaDavid