"You are outside life, you are above life, you have miseries which the ordinary person does not know, you exceed the normal level, and it is for this that people refuse to forgive you, you poison their peace of mind, you undermine their stability. You have irrepressible pains whose essence is to be inadaptable to any known state, indescribable in words. You have repeated and shifting pains, incurable pains, pains beyond imagining, pains which are neither of the body nor of the soul, but which partake of both. And I share your suffering, and I ask you: who dares to ration our relief? We are not going to kill ourselves just yet. In the meantime, leave us the hell alone." - Antonin Artaud
Pain is inevitable
Suffering is an interpretation of meaning
Pain is a fact of life
Suffering is a feeling of powerlessness to stop the pain
The common illusion is that Pain and Suffering are always combined and that the latter automatically follows the former, and it is a tempting and persuasive deceit. Any study, prolonged or brief of dictionaries, novels or religious texts will soon educate that this is far from the case in reality.
Joy and Pain are as often lovers as enemies and in no way like "sunshine and rain" mutually exclusive.
Joy and Suffering are however exact antonyms, opposite in every way as are Happiness and Suffering.
In the same way as the Pain of Labour does not prevent the Joy of giving Birth, the challenges of life can never separate us from the opportunities of life.
Pain = An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder.
Suffering = Permitting, allowing, tolerating or enduring evil, injury, pain, or death.
Victims choose suffering as their reason and rationale for poor performance
All great warriors and champions experience pain as a natural part of their journey
It is for those with a journey to make, "...and on it the redeemed will walk. They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee." - Bible the book of Isiah Ch. 35 v 1-10
We can always do something to change the pain... even if only by a small amount to begin with.. when we have a purpose that means we have to go on, when we have a mission in and for our lives.
"In general usage the preferred preposition after suffer is from, rather than with, in constructions such as He suffered from hypertension. Ninety-four percent of the Usage Panel found suffered with unacceptable in the preceding example. In medical usage suffer with is sometimes employed with reference to the pain or discomfort caused by a condition, while suffer from is used more broadly in reference to a condition, such as anemia, that is detrimental but not necessarily painful." - www.dictionary.com
'Affected by Sickle Cell Syndrome' can be a much more useful term, than 'suffering with sickle cell' and is often preferred by those affected by sickle cell syndrome.
The strength to overcome limitations caused by pain can be found by refusing to suffer because...
What's your because...?
How big is you reason...?
If your why is BIG enough, no pain whatsoever can hold your spirits down, as you anticipate the Joy to come, it will not allow suffering
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