Suffering

Sufferings and pain of other people create different reactions in different people.

If it produces pleasure and joy, then you are a sadist. The world has to be careful with you. Eventually you can become a monster.

If it brings back to you, memories of your personal pain and suffering, then you are born to be miserable. The world may misunderstand that you are kind hearted, but the fact is that you are a selfish snob, who loves to live in personal miseries. When you visit a patient in the hospital, your focus would be your past sufferings and not the present pain of the patient.

If it brings in you pity, then you are sympathizer. You console yourself declaring the world is cruel, and the other is blessed with bad luck. You carry on living as if everything is OK with you. It is a common man syndrome.

If it brings within you compassion, then you are the enabler. You make sure to do whatever you can, to correct the situation. You show it in action as well as in words. You share the suffering, and do the best you can. The world will be happy that you have visited the planet called earth at the right time and right place.

The truth we need to keep in mind is that we enact all these four characteristics, depending on the situation and person. When our enemy suffers, we display the characteristic of a sadist. When our family member is in pain, we become enabler. When a stranger is suffering, either we display the character of sympathizer or miserable.

It is only when we are enabler to the stranger; we truly become a human being. We are born as animal and our choices transform us as human being or a monster.