The Eagle
One of the last Rashis in Dvarim is about the eagle. She carries her young on her back because the only creature she fears is man. She is not afraid of other birds coming and snatching her young off her back, she is only afraid of man shooting at them. So she carries them on her back, ready to take the arrow or the bullet that man may shoot at her.
When I wrote "Helpless", I suppose this was my direction of thinking. I would rather suffer and accept it as the Aibishter's wish for me, than someone else suffer and wonder why me, it hurts!
Even those feelings aside, whether it was meant to happen to me or not, I don't like to inflict or watch others suffer while I have it "good".
Also, I believe that suffering strengthens my character and who I am. It may be that the other person does not need strengthening of character. Dunno, just a thought.
When I wrote "Helpless", I suppose this was my direction of thinking. I would rather suffer and accept it as the Aibishter's wish for me, than someone else suffer and wonder why me, it hurts!
Even those feelings aside, whether it was meant to happen to me or not, I don't like to inflict or watch others suffer while I have it "good".
Also, I believe that suffering strengthens my character and who I am. It may be that the other person does not need strengthening of character. Dunno, just a thought.
posted by AMUS1 | 4:30 AM
3 Comments:
wuzzup, big sis? yup, finally caught up n the reading. can't believe u stopped wrting stories.
Hmmm. A difficult question. Most every philosopher has spoken about the advantages of suffering. Since Christianity and certain trends in Kaballah, suffering has been heralded as the divine path to redemption. I don't know. While I prize my torment highly, I believe this is a desperately human attempt to come to terms with finitude and the indifferent contigency of existence. A Humean fallacy that confuses the way things inevitably are and the way they ought to be. Suffering definitely can be a "limit-experience" but should we affirm this horrific scandal of existence?
another thought: sometimes, in order to be in a position to help/protect others, we need to strengthen ourselves. You are no good to anyone if you are neutralized by your own suffering...
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