{"id":16450,"date":"2021-10-20T19:01:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T23:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=16450"},"modified":"2021-10-22T16:23:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:23:58","slug":"why-do-even-exist-just-to-suffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/10\/20\/why-do-even-exist-just-to-suffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we even exist? Just to suffer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AW10202021-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AW10202021-2.jpg\" alt=\"Why do we even exist? Just to suffer?\" class=\"wp-image-16451\" width=\"283\" height=\"298\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Why do we even exist? Just to suffer?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m so sorry you&#8217;re suffering enough right now that suffering seems like life&#8217;s purpose. It isn&#8217;t, I assure you. It is a condition of living (we&#8217;ll all say goodbye to people we love), but that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s a purpose. When it&#8217;s overwhelming, talk to someone: a friend, a family member, a mentor. Or a therapist (http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-counseling). Meet suffering with compassion. Even for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so sorry you&#8217;re suffering enough right now that suffering seems like life&#8217;s purpose. It isn&#8217;t, I assure you. It is a condition of living (we&#8217;ll all say goodbye to people we love), but that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s a purpose. When it&#8217;s overwhelming, talk to someone: a friend, a family member, a mentor. Or a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/10\/20\/why-do-even-exist-just-to-suffer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why do we even exist? Just to suffer?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16480,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450\/revisions\/16480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}