The Buddhists say that life is suffering. Suffering surrounds us, it’s in everything, even in the seemingly happy moments we have we suffer for we know that it will not last. They believe that only through relieving the sufferings of the mind can we truly know life, truth, enlightenment. However, the Buddhists understand that not all suffering is avoidable. We can release our desires of worldly objects, money, and lust. We can heal those around us who are hurting to better alleviate our own eventual suffering through ourselves or even through those we choose not to help. We can even let go of the mind, in some cases the greatest form of suffering, and relinquish our ideas of self: that which traps us in this society. But the Buddhists are wise because they understand that there are some losses that are completely and utterly unavoidable. The suffering of Loss is something we can never escape. Loss is the end of a Joy.
