I read The Fault in Our Stars a couple weeks ago and this has been on my mind. There's a quote in their that says--I had been looking
toward the Encouragement above the TV, a drawing of an angel with the
caption Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?
(This is an old argument in the field of Thinking About Suffering,
and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for
centuries, but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not
in any way affect the taste of chocolate.)
It seems very logical that this statement is true and makes a lot of sense. But the suffering in life usually lasts longer than the joy which doesn't really seem fair, but that's life. It would be nice to live without pain and suffering and yes, we would still be able to feel joy and happiness. But that isn't how life works. You have to take the good with the bad. And sometimes you get those wonderful rare moments when nothing is going wrong and your happy and it lasts for a really long time. I figure you just have to be thankful for the joy and the pain in life, because with one usually the other comes.
Love,
Natalie
It seems very logical that this statement is true and makes a lot of sense. But the suffering in life usually lasts longer than the joy which doesn't really seem fair, but that's life. It would be nice to live without pain and suffering and yes, we would still be able to feel joy and happiness. But that isn't how life works. You have to take the good with the bad. And sometimes you get those wonderful rare moments when nothing is going wrong and your happy and it lasts for a really long time. I figure you just have to be thankful for the joy and the pain in life, because with one usually the other comes.
Love,
Natalie
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