Wisdom from Suffering

Amber Lyles Humanities HNS Period 9th 18 September 2011 Wisdom From twinge Suffering is the price of being alive. overhear use of scurvy. These straight forward quotes sourced from the thoughts of Judy Collins and Henri-Frederic Amiel are produced from different demarcations provided compatible. Collinss is stemmed from the thought turn that suffering sack up non be avoided and Amiels is from his philosophy of the art of living. retributive ab bulge people try to deny and avoid the path of suffering. Yet, they often fail to realize that no liaison how many detours they take around suffering, the construction of it is still going to be there.Might even move closer to them where they are forced to really deal with it. In Sophocles play Oedipus Rex, Oedipus, the magnate of Thebes suffering comes from face-to-face and criminal revelations. Somewhat similar hardly not nearly as extreme is and/or was the origin of my suffering. Good issue is that, people gain wisdom from suffering through growth and acceptance. Being king is hard, title alone comes with high prestige and expectations. Oedipus was put on a pedestal by the citizens of Thebes exchangeable he was their God. That was their biggest mistake.So when the land of Thebes is plagued by disease and death, Oedipus pleas that I be that you are deathly ramble and yet, sick as you are, not one is sick as I. Each of you suffers in himself alone his anguish, not anothers but my spirit groans for the city, for myself, for you. Oedipus not only wants the city to know that he suffers with them but that he suffers substantially because his suffering not only includes himself. Now not saying that what was said wasnt sincere, exactly the fact that he knew of how they saw him put pressure on him to over exaggerate a little to make a point that he cared.His greatest suffering came through the process of conclusion out who killed King Laius a king before him, whose death was believe to have brought the p lague. During that process Oedipus was told by Teiresias, a blind prophet, . you are the murderer you seek. Of course Oedipus dismissed the statement cursed the prophet and his words. not only was Oedipus being the murderer revealed, but the fact that he was a Theban born to Iokaste who is his legitimate wife and mother of his kids. That means that he married and had kids with his have mother.From that moment on Oedipus is confused, enraged and accuses Kreon transport Teiresias to him to as a way to try and his throne. The suffering of the city of Thebes caused by the plague-wind brought about by a way of the death of King Laius leads to the wisdom brought about by Teiresias. The knowledge that Oedipus gains is that he killed his breed, married and had kids with his own mother. Oedipus brought about his own doom and served his own destruction in the words of Kreon. Anyhow, Id give care to share my own story.I was born in Chicago on March 4, 1994 to Brenda Yarbrough and Marvin Lyles. Well thats what Id thought. Found out when I was 8 or 9 that Marvin Lyles wasnt my father and that my real pa wanted nothing to do with me. I blamed my mother for a bulk a lot of things, which Ive felt bad for because shes had enough to deal with. Stage 4 cancer survivor, only has one kidney, has had heart attack, high blood pressure, single parent mother for me and my 2 brothers most of her life, list goes on and on. She doesnt need me to make her feel guilty.In 2002, we moved to cockcrow because my mom had met this man and got married. I wasnt to happy about leaving Chicago and family but the idea of having a father and sister appealed to me and do the office more comfortable. Well that marriage started off advanced then a lot stuff happened and it all went downhill. The marriage really produced a lot of religious belief issues and fears that I have today. They got divorced and from then on its mainly been me and my mom. To return to the topic, my biggest suffering I would have to say stems from the situation with my father.Ive been in some dark places even to the point where I didnt want to live. Just felt unwanted, that something was wrong with me that my own father didnt want me and that I was just a burden to my mom. The knowledge Ive gained is that life is precious, Im not a mistake, its not my fault, just his lost and that my mother is and has done the absolute best she can/could shes my greatest motivation. Ive just had to grow and mature quicker, stay strong and accept things that I cant control.On to Oedipus situation , dont think that he should do it once again. Fate is fate, it was pretend to happen. He probably couldve handled the Teiresias situation differently and been more mannered. Then again Oedipus wouldve probably had to figure it out the truth by himself, instead of forcing it out of Teiresias. That probably wouldve took forever and the people in the city wouldve suffered more. So, either way would produce the same outc ome of wisdom for Oedipus, just a difference in time, the come of suffering and when death would come.Its like having the option of the death penalty or life in prison person knows theyre going to die either way just a librate of time. Oedipus brought his tragedy upon himself even though he seemed ignorant to fact until the end. He killed his father, married and had kids with his mother and had to run the repercussions of his own decree. That was meant to happen. The reason why, unknown, but someone couldve found light in it and shouldnt be revised. Next, is the challenge of , why or why not would I do my situation with suffering over again?I honestly cant say that I would. Reason being is, because as I look back over my life from being homeless, crying myself to sleep at night, struggling with the situation with my dad, feeling alone, jail visits, health scares to the littlest lie have all help me grow and learn. The greatest thing Ive learned through my suffering though, is th e importance of my momma. I appreciate her so much for the sacrifices she has made and her strength. Our life isnt the best, but we have each other. She cries, I cry, she hurts, I hurt, when shes happy is when Im the happiest.Thats why I strive to stay focused in school and do the right thing because I know that what she has been through when she was younger is what she doesnt want me to experience. Shes is the just best friend/mother/father I just dont know where I would be without her. I still have my underlying issues and occasional problems but now I know that Im going to be okay. Cant change the fact that my real dad doesnt want me, but I can change how I handle it. Yes it hurts, but as long as I got God, my momma, family and those that care truly care for me in my corner can iron anything.All in all, people gain wisdom through growth and acceptance. Oedipus gained wisdom through knowledge that the suffering of his city was the result of a plague-wind brought about by his kill ing of king Laius. In the process leading to his own suffering with the revelations that her was the murderer that he sought after and that he married and had kids with his very own mother. The wisdom that that I gained through my suffering stemming from the situation with my father is that Im not a mistake, have to accept that its out of my control, his loss, and that my life is to precious to consider taking.I occur to progress and Oedipus is dead. Revisiting the words of Judy Collins and Henri-Frederic Amiel, Suffering is the price of being alive. make use of suffering. Everybody experience suffering whether brought about themselves, by circumstance or environment. Suffering is apart of life and the art of living is to make use of it to gain wisdom. People should just accept it, theres no shortcut just drive through it and learn. Suffering is everywhere. If a person doesnt agree, dare them to just look around, take heed to the news and tune in to reality.