Necessary Suffering
I have recently finished the book Falling Upward and I was deeply moved by it. The author is a Franciscan Catholic priest, with a keen understanding of the two parts of life. The first part, where we build our ego, decide who we are in the world, get a career/job, relationship and establish boundaries, and then the second half of life where we become deeper thinkers, reevaluate goals, become more inclusive and wiser. I highly recommend the book, but one idea he talked about that struck me was necessary suffering. There are things in life that will cause us to suffer, some are necessary and some suffering it not necessary at all. Failing is necessary suffering. None of us go through life moving from success to success. When we fail we learn so much, and it can also be so painful. 1st stage of life suffering: we don't get into the college we want, we don't make the sports team, we get dumped, we learn the limits of money, our parents let us down, the world lets us