Direction: Read the paragraphs. Complete the outline given. The main points or topic have been written for you: Suffering takes place when we patiently endure unpleasantness, discomfort, and pain. It...

Extracted text: Direction: Read the paragraphs. Complete the outline given. The main points or topic have been written for you: Suffering takes place when we patiently endure unpleasantness, discomfort, and pain. It can come in the form of physical suffering, when we experience physical sensations such as discomfort, hunger, distress, and pain. These are often caused by injury, disease, and the lack of basic needs. It can be in the form of mental suffering, which involves emotional and mental states such as depression, anxiety, fear, loneliness and grief. These may be caused by unexpected situations in life such as sudden changes in lifestyle, loss of employment, stressful situation, and grief cause by the death of a loved one. The tension between what a person is and what he wants to be may also an experience of suffering. Thesis Statement: We normally experience difficulties in life. I. Suffering A. Cause of Suffering 1. 2. 3. B. Forms of Suffering 1. 2. 3.