Suffering

In class, while we were reading Job, we currently discussed the reasons for which humans were currently made suffer by God. Even though in the Tao Te Chin God is not the one who makes people suffer, and even though the topic is not directly expressed, I interpreted one of the chapters in a way that could explain why we currently suffer.
“That which shrinks
Must first expand.
That which fails
Must first be strong
That which is cast down
Must first be raised.
Before receiving
There must be giving.”

Suffering could be expressed as “Those who enjoy must first suffer”. I believe that if one wouldn’t suffer, he wouldn’t entirely appreciate the good things in life. When bad things occur they act in a way in which we are be able to compare the good ones to these and appreciate them much more. Many times to be able to understand one extreme, you have to live the opposite one.