Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2024)
random000 2 points 16 days ago*.

He certainly had his share of conflicting polarities. The ideas of hope are not original to him where suffering is concerned as that originates in Buddhism in a form that Fred simplified, but was later clarified by Hermeticsm where it is to elaborate that “perceive not difference among you, for thereby is the door to suffering”. Politically, this has also been turned a bit more to say that “false hope” is the greatest weapon of terrorism to use against a populace.

When we see films like that this however, the images of the subject are enough to remind us that suffering does not discriminate against whom it afflicts, and though hope can be wielded as a weapon against those who suffer, it can also nourish those whose suffering seems hopeless - yet is very cruel to dangle out of reach, as if it is within reach, in front of the suffering.

grasshopper rex 1 points 16 days ago.

And there were those like Mother Teresa that tried to glorify suffering, like when asked why they didn’t give pain meds to those dying in her hospices despite millions being given to her charities. “Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.” Contradictorily, when she herself became ill, she availed herself of the best medical care money could buy.