2006-10-11 01:39:22 · 4 answers · asked by nene 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Life is never cruel - its just the way you look at it. Either you look at it with a positive attitude in which case you see life in a beautiful way or you look at it dissapointed with what may have happend to oneself without any fault of your part. Its a very strange world. Most religions teach you various things as to why people who have never done anything wrong suffer and others who have done nothing but being a menace to society live to ripe old ages with no health problems.
In Hinduism - It is Karma - where one is paying for all the sins in the past life. Its believed you cleanse yourself of all those sins and are reborn a new person. It also claims that being a Man is the last birth after which there are no more incanations and hence you have to pay for all your sins in this.
In Budhism - they tell you that you are the Buddha reborn to take on the worlds problems on your shoulders. You learn to accept all the good with the cruel and see life in a very different way.
It is similer in Christianity, Islam or any other religion.
At the end of the day - its the other person who looks at you and says why has life been so cruel to you? Well, I never had the time for my family. I never ever see my sons grown into fine young teenagers, I did not keep falling in love with my wife again and again and telling her that I love her. I hardly ever saw my widowed mother and strangely enough living in the same house. My work ment the world to me and I would spend almost 14/16 hours working and at times never go home for a few days. I would be travelling withen the country or abroad the rest of the time. That was cruelty on my part. Then came the crunch when I was diagnosed with cancer in its last stages where doctors did not give me a chance to survive. Its been six years now since I last had a sip of water or eat anything solid orally as my wind and food passage have closed down. I breathe through a hole in my throat. Has life been fair to me? I could mope all all day or take this opportunity to now see my sons grow in young men, see my eldest son shave for the first time and so on. It has given me the opportunity to spend spend more time and that too quality time with my wife and time to tell her how much I love her. I have now found to thank my mum for being my mum. I have learnt to look at life in a very different way and trust me its beautiful. The pain one feels is in the mind and once you conquer that - you will realise that life is never cruel but is a lesson to each and evryone of us.
2006-10-11 03:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by livingonthinice 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To build character, patience, and understanding. Also, to become empathetic to others who may suffer.
2006-10-11 09:23:22 · answer #2 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a test, apparently.
2006-10-11 08:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
life is not fair, there is no "supposed to..." you get what you get.
2006-10-11 08:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by David B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋