Suffering is never provisional for the man who does not believe in the future.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- For someone without faith in the future, suffering feels permanent and never temporary.
- In plain terms
- If you do not believe in the future, suffering feels permanent.
- What can you take from it?
- Belief in the future helps endure suffering as temporary.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes suffering feel temporary?
Another view
Optimism can feel invalidating to those in deep pain.
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