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October 27, 2007
a discussion of sufferings
One may learn more profoundly and more reliably what the highest is by considering suffering than by observing achievements, where so much that is distracting is present.
A discussion of sufferings may always be profitable if it does not confine itself to the stubbornness of the affliction but is concerned whenever possible with the edification of the sufferer.
Bear in mid: your sufferings might well be called useless, and that we men can certainly be tempted to speak of useless suffering as beyond the reach of comfort. But this is only human speech. In the language of eternity, the suffering that helped you reach the highest is far from useless. Alas, it is only useless and unused when you will not let yourself be helped by it up to the highest.
Kierkegaard - Purity of Heart
Posted by amin at October 27, 2007 4:59 PM