Out Of Suffering Have Emerged The Strongest Souls; The Most Massive Characters Are Seared With Scars?

Question

Do you feel the best of people in this life are the ones that’s had it the hardest?

I’ve noticed the down and outs of this world are the most compassionate while the haves seem to be full of hate. I feel if there is a hell it’s to help put us all on the same page, throw the ones that don’t know what suffering is in hell for a period of time so that they may learn and emerge a better person.

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Answer 1

Check out south central sometime. Theres a lot of hopelessness.
Trials CAN make u stronger..but if its trial after trial after trial and it doesnt seem anything will ever give..its only logical to eventually *give up*

Answer 2

Not necessarily. Pain is the coin with which mortals buy Wisdom. But too much adversity can destroy the soul. As Saul Alinsky, who spent his life teaching political empowerment noted, "Being oppressed doesn't make you a better person."

Suffering brings out the MOST in us. In can teach us Compassion, it can make us Free by stripping us of everything we might otherwise fear to lose. It can give us Courage and Perspective from the knowledge that we've already been through worse. But it can also make us Greedy, Fearful, Petty and Spiteful.

One thing I have noticed is that the best people in the world, the wisest, most caring, the most giving--tend to have weak self images. All of the good they do is attonement for the guilt of the awful people they perceive themselves to be.

Afflicting the Comfortable, beyond what is necessary to protect the innocent is enormously entertaining, but self-defeating.

The best advice I've ever heard is, "Don't let the ******* make you one of them."

IItyo has a good point, too. Maybe Hell only lasts until you've had all you are going to take.

Answer 3

I'm not convinced that suffering makes the soul stronger, but it certainly makes a person wiser and more humble. People like Buddha had it all and gave it up for the suffering of people he saw outside of his wealth. Many aesthetics do the same and spend an entire life devoted to the change. But they didn't have the suffering imposed on them, they chose it and left 'the good life.' I don't think Hell would make a silk purse out of a sow's ear any more than I think all of the down and out people are compassionate. while the down and out are some of my truest friends, I also know how depraved and outright cruel many of them are.

Answer 4

I have suffered horribly since I was a small child with one thing or another. It has just been the past few years that my life has brought considerable happiness. I would never want to go back or have anyone go through what I have experienced, but yes suffering has made me strong. I am now reaping the good of what I have had to go through. Some that have suffered though are so bitter. I can understand why, it is difficult to suffer and still be thankful. Without Jesus in my life I would have never had made it. I was really considered doomed from the beginning, but He has kept me, healed me and made my life worth living.

Answer 5

My path, my journey, from MY perspective, has been incredibly difficult. While I might have a lot of scars, the wounds themselves have been healed, and that is what is truly important.

I think that if we face our difficulties, view our emotional traumas head on, with the intent to acquire clarity, then we can heal and regain compassion. The scars can be a reminder of old hurts and wounds, or they can be reminders of how much we have grown and moved beyond the trials given us.

Hell is a state of mind. And yes, if experienced and if the suffering can be left behind, then a better person will indeed emerge.

Answer 6

What don't kill us makes us stronger,...this is a true statement in part,.... just so long as we learn from our mistakes and weaknesses in a given time otherwise if we keep going over the same problem over and over and over again and never learn,.... then in reality it's just self torture and we are tearing our souls to the point of no hope, this is why we must seek he that is eternal , for he can lift us up from our personal hell. Insightful Question!

Answer 7

Not everyone emerges well from life's' suffering.
Changed yes, but not always for the best.

I find that person's that are truly aware of the All to be the most compassionate. And not all have suffered. Sacrificed - yes.

The goal here is not to punish the truth into everyone, but to enlighten.

Answer 8

I have suffered in so many ways and for so long a time that i have learned a good bit.I don't know anyone or heard of anyone that has suffered as much as myself. psychical and emotionally. lost my home to a disaster .family to a car wreck.my health is about gone.pain has been a part of my life for many years.but i still have the spirit of God with me and i have found out that it is truly all i really need.since it Will lead me to heaven one fine day.and helps me in so many ways. i remember hearing someone on tv say that if you don't suffer then you don't learn much.blessed or those that suffer,it says that in the bible somewhere.Peace

Answer 9

Thus, the first noble truth of Buddhism. One can stop there - get stuck in the suffering - and shatter. One can also realize that it is through the cracks that the light gets in. You touched on compassion - I believe that is the best possible outcome of suffering.

Answer 10

To every action, there is an euil and opposite reaction. Those who have received the bad are that much more capable of receiving the good.

Answer 11

Not entirely true. Some people break under the strain and kill themselves or go crazy. Some become abusive to others.