"I want the watch to have a strong message which engages the world in understanding the suffering and courage of those hit with D.M.D".
"Stigma, fear and lack of understanding compound the suffering of those affected and prevent the bold action that is so desperately needed and so long overdue," the two wrote in a joint piece titled "800,000 People Kill Themselves Every Year.
And in doing so, each may also find greater understanding for the suffering of its neighbours.
Following consolidation of existing definitions, we propose that compassion consists of five elements: recognizing suffering, understanding the universality of human suffering, feeling for the person suffering, tolerating uncomfortable feelings, and motivation to act/acting to alleviate suffering.
But he also had the gift of combining this unswerving political analysis with an understanding of the sufferings of Jewish history, and a demand on both parties to the conflict that they should recognise the other's pain.
But maybe this story shows the truly positive Janus-headed nature of altruism, in that the probably unconscious self-description on the headstone reflects our need for both recognition of ourself as well as an understanding of the sufferings of others.
As an ELCA Lutheran, I do believe that is those times as the Psalmist declares God hides his face is beyond human understanding yet revealed in the suffering of Christ on the cross.
The traditional approach advocates careful clinical evaluation of the symptom and the person suffering it, and understanding the clinical pharmacology of the medicines that are available.
But every seasoned aid worker knew then, and knows now, that there is no necessary connection between raising money for a good cause and that money being well spent, just as there is no necessary connection between caring about the suffering of others and understanding the nature or cause of that suffering.
I have really appreciated understanding the background of people who shared their stories of suffering and persecution.
