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Daily Question, November 7

What helps me to see beauty even when there is suffering?

  • Treasure

    that WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON….and its GODS doing. And at the end of the Day what that suffering brings it in me…..makes me stronger..emotionally, mentally and spiritually..

  • Grace

    This made me think of something I read recently. “The sculptor never told the marble it wouldn’t hurt. There is a certain beauty in your creation.” I think that it hits the nail on the head, at least for me. I am in my in-between. My becoming will not be graceful or easy, but it is beautiful.

  • Malag

    It’s hard to see beauty in the suffering. But in the moment while there is suffering it is there. For example: When I stop to notice something. Like a small child teetering while walking and just staying upright. Or a dog so enthusiastic that it wags its whole body. Or the clear drops of dew holding to a green leaf.

  • Ose

    Compassion and an open heart.

  • Hot Sauce

    Just knowing that people care and want to be of help when I am struggling with something difficult helps me to see the beauty even in the midst of suffering. With difficulty comes much support, at least for me.

  • Blossom

    Human Spirit

  • Dusty Su

    When we recognize brokeness in ourselves through other’s sufferings, we connect and begin to heal parts of humanity and the planet in a divinely compassionate manner.

    Large spaces are opened up within us which enables us to sit more comfortably with the other’s pain. When we can sit and recognize their pain, we may find ways to help them carry it, and take responsibility for any part we play in it in the first place.

  • Melissa

    Nature especially after the rain. There are now mushrooms everywhere coming up. A monarch butterfly flew by and gave me hope for them to keep surviving. A smile from a stranger while I went for a walk. Always working at surrendering to the moment. Still I weep for the suffering in this world right now.

  • Melissa

    Just looking around at the people that I love, looking out at nature, thinking about some or all of the things that God has done for us.

  • Don Jones

    “Following the breath to the safe island of mindfulness, where in the garden of my heart, the flowers of peace bloom beautifully.”

  • pkr

    Mother Nature. The big trees, birds singing, glorious flowers….My narcissuses/paper whites are flowering now, they make me happy. 🙂

  • amacord
    There is always suffering in this life, our own suffering, the suffering of others, the suffering of the planet and all who exist here. When pain, loss and sorrow arrives on the doorstep we feel it profoundly. But just as suffering is with us, so too is beauty: a smiling child, the joy of nature, the healing sound of music, the written word, the perseverance of everyday heroes and she-roes who inspire us and sustain us during dark times. Suffering consumes us and hampers our ability to be buoye...

    There is always suffering in this life, our own suffering, the suffering of others, the suffering of the planet and all who exist here. When pain, loss and sorrow arrives on the doorstep we feel it profoundly. But just as suffering is with us, so too is beauty: a smiling child, the joy of nature, the healing sound of music, the written word, the perseverance of everyday heroes and she-roes who inspire us and sustain us during dark times. Suffering consumes us and hampers our ability to be buoyed by beauty but with grace and time we can recognize it and bring it into the difficult times.

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  • June K C

    I’ve been having respiratory problems for the past month which needs further investigation by a pulmonologist. It has amazed me how much my son has been so caring and loving on both an emotional and practical level. It brings me joy in the midst of my suffering to see how much love my son has for me. And I for him. Though my body is heavy, my heart is light.

  • Marnie Jackson

    By choosing to look at the learning in a situation, I can see the potential and beauty. Learning to love, learning to accept, learning to be less judgmental, learning what I value….there is always potential for learning – even though many of the lessons are hard

  • Holly in Ohio

    Where there is suffering there are also some who are showing love and caring for those who suffer. Love is beautiful.. There is also the appreciation of those suffering for any care or empathy they receive. Empathy is beautiful. And people or animals who suffer, are still beautiful and deserving.

  • Mica

    Humph. I’m here and dawn hasn’t even ‘cracked’ today – tho I realize, happily, that my body thinks it’s an hour later than the clock says, since we are just now starting to save the daylight again. Do I see beauty even then there is suffering? I suppose so, in the sense that there is always suffering, and I do see beauty fairly often.

  • Javier Visionquest

    Pain, in life, is inevitable. Suffering is our choice.

    • Mica

      You’ve been looking awfully dark lately, Javier. I hope you’re at least more or less ok, which is sometimes the best one can hope fur, these days.

      • Holly in Ohio

        I have noticed it, too, Javier. What might we do to help you?

        • Javier Visionquest

          I only mean to say that the act of writing ourselves into the story behind pain is where suffering originates. I try to approach painful scenarios objectively.

          Thank you both, Mica and Holly; your concern is much appreciated but there’s nothing to read into anything I post here. I try for language that’s plain and direct. In fact, it’s the ‘humor’ part of my dark humor that’s often lost in text.

  • Howie Geib
    Paying attention. I am often in a default position of watchman: looking for threats coming from the distance. This is unfortunate, as an artist of sorts, I also, too, can scan my surroundings for something or someone of beauty. What helps is a thirst for beauty, a desire to find it. A resistance to the downward spiral that I can sometimes get trapped in that only sees how messed up the world is, and the abundance of gatherable evidence that this is so. And yet not ignore the evil, the warped int...

    Paying attention. I am often in a default position of watchman: looking for threats coming from the distance. This is unfortunate, as an artist of sorts, I also, too, can scan my surroundings for something or someone of beauty. What helps is a thirst for beauty, a desire to find it. A resistance to the downward spiral that I can sometimes get trapped in that only sees how messed up the world is, and the abundance of gatherable evidence that this is so. And yet not ignore the evil, the warped intensity of our current situation, to hold both. And upon finding the beauty, if I can, point to it, so others might see it.

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  • Nannette

    I try to be grateful for the beauty in my life. Concentrating on the suffering can eat away at an individual. It does not mean that we are not aware and do not care and help to the best of our ability….but we need to feed our soul with the goodness of life. Looking up my hollow this morning at the trees and the serenity of where I live. God is good,

  • DeVonna

    The natural world never fails to inspire me with its beauty and inherent dignity. Whether its a grove of oak trees, over-spreading the road, dripping with spanish moss or the never-ending waves against the shore…the sight, sounds, smells of nature reminds me I am not alone in the universe. My Creator lives in and through his creations, including me.

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