Remember to demonstrate that you have read and understood the student’s post in

Remember to demonstrate that you have read and understood the student’s post in the
response posts by taking their discussion to the next level. Do this by directly connecting with the perspective on suffering presented by your classmate.
Share your thoughts
Ask questions
Engage your peers in a way that encourages them to respond back to you, which keeps the
conversation going.
You will not need to research in any of your response posts, but if you choose to, remember to
use credible sources and provide in-text citations along with reference entries in APA format.
Each perspective was interesting and had a slightly different impact on my perspective of
suffering. I have thought about this for years and have come to a feeling of peace and
understanding about suffering that has pieces of 3 of the 4 perspectives in the videos shared. I believe in the Bible and the Christian view of suffering. What was discussed in that video I
have experienced, there has always been someone who has suffered more than I have but
through every season of suffering that I have experienced I have been refined and grown to
become the person that I am today. I do not know why I have suffered but I would not want to go back to being the person I was before I experienced the suffering.
When I viewed the Hindu perspective, was very interesting to hear that they can view every
situation differently when something that initially looks good in actuality could turn out bad,
and when something bad happens it could turn out to be a good thing. But I could really
relate to the butterfly story, at first helping the butterfly ease the struggle it was experiencing seemed like a good thing to do but as we know it was not good. This totally resonated with me and connected to my beliefs about suffering. I have struggled with embracing the bad things in
life but when I look back every time I was stuck in the cocoon and struggling, I wished for
someone to free me, but had I been freed I would have never learned to fly. I have flown higher and higher after each struggle placing me where I am today!
The Muslim faith is also connected to my beliefs and understanding in some ways, I know that
God or as they see Him, Allah, is the creator having the right privilege and law to do what he
does, but the way they view good and bad has great perspective! There is no such thing as
pure evil, only things that have good and evil, and even good can come from the bad or
seemingly evil things. Overall, the perspective is that the best is yet to come, patience produces its reward in eternity and is worth the wait. The Native American perspective was a little
different yet still interesting to how they view suffering. The Native American perspective
is that we endure suffering from not respecting what we have been given which connects to
the Christian perspective share in the video. I see the connection, and this expands the
perspective of we reap what we sew, when we make bad choices, we will suffer the
consequences of those choices and if we do not change our ways ultimately, we will die, as
the 12-year-old grandmother told him if they did not change their ways his generation would be the last. Suffering for choices but the opportunity to change.
My perspective and life experiences have been empowering, I have learned to view every valley or time of suffering in my life as an opportunity to grow and learn. I have been in times that seemed to be the worst suffering and the patience of enduring that has paid off with growth and reward every time. The most recent was in 2019, I became very ill and was on short-term
disability for 8 weeks, I got so behind on bills, and I was angry and just wanted someone to
help me to be able to get ahead. I am so glad that I was left to struggle in that cocoon because that illness was not of my own doing, and I will be receiving s reward for the suffering this year. I have always told my kids that within the struggle there is always a blessing, you may not see
that blessing immediately but there is ALWAYS a blessing. This reward will make up for that
financial setback for years to come and I never could have imagined it would happen. Not only will I have more financial stability but my ability to manage finances from that time is what they never would have been had I not been through that struggle.
My perspective on suffering is: Without suffering I would have not discovered my strength. By enduring suffering and struggles, we can be a light for someone else to see that suffering is not for nothing and that the best is yet to come. Each time of suffering may seem more difficult from the past, but you are not the same person you were before, you have grown and are
stronger than you could have imagined.
Videos of Perspective on Suffering
Native American perspective:

Christian perspective:

Hindu perspective:

Muslim perspective: