Strange Bled Fellows

Frederich Nietzsche, who was a well known atheist, and Jesus actually had something in common. They both embraced suffering. Nietzsche's work, helping less able minds to sort out their thoughts, was essentially an act of love. He accomplished it all from his solitary position somewhere in the Black Forest (Sorry for that. I can't remember his location.) with little or no support from his community. He whined and complained about being lonely, and yet he praised those rare moments of intellectual insight for which he struggled as the ultimate reward. His only fault, to my mind, was in not seeing the smile on his own face during such moments as a spiritual event. Love is more powerful than evil, but it takes more effort to put into practice. It exacts a sacrifice whose payoff may appear elusive to the closed mind. Humans, restricted by flesh and the puny feedback of their physical senses, tend to be selfish and lazy. This lets evil take root and flourish unchecked. Nietzsche may have been pessimistic about the presence of the spiritual, but his heart was in the right place. He wanted to be good. He understood that a sacrifice was involved, and he was willing to accept it. We think we want all the rewards that our world can offer without having to suffer for them. We think we want to win the lottery, but any lottery winner will tell you that suffering doesn't end after they cash that cheque. Some might even say that it began for them at that moment. I'm the furthest thing from a masochist, but suffering is unavoidable. As such, the smart thing to do is to embrace it when it visits you. To embrace it is to overcome it. And, in familiar terms, to overcome it is to be strengthened by it. With this attitude, there may be room for love in your heart in any situation.
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