Suffering, as I see it now, is no different from feeling bad. Which from my super optimistic perspective, is simply a physical manifestation from my body & mind letting me know what I don't like, helping and leading me towards what I do like. And knowing what you do like helps lead you to a life of appreciation and happiness, IF, you are willing to take action.
For example (and this happened this morning): If I enjoy waking up extremely early and being super productive during the first four hours with pure positive energy, someone who interrupts my flow while I'm eating breakfast with some meaningless criticisms lets me know how much I value that positive momentum to be uninterrupted.
So what I'll do tomorrow (and this might not work out perfectly, then I would just create another way of optimizing my mornings), is simply exercise for half an hour, eat breakfast really quickly and/or wake up even earlier; after doing these things I'll start journaling/blogging/posting here/meditating/working on my website/reading a book/more exercise in a place where potentially negative people are not around.
I figure that suffering, at low levels of awareness, inevitably breeds negative feelings towards others. But when we react to our own suffering with negative energy towards ourselves and others, we go through a process of learning what it feels like to be hurt. As we mature, we realize that it was only by knowing what it feels like to be hurt that allows us to be truly compassionate and kind towards others. Negativity from others then becomes a constant source of appreciation for the reason mentioned in the first paragraph and also for the fact that it allows us to be grateful for the fact that we had overcome that low level of awareness.
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