Suffering, the key to happinessSuffering can be defined as an experience of discomfort suffered by a person during their life. The New York Times published an article entitled What suffering did, by David Brooks (2014). In this article, Brooks explains how suffering plays an important role in our pursuit of happiness. He explains firstly that happiness is found through experiences and secondly, suffering can also be a motivation in our quest for happiness. In other words, suffering is a frightening but necessary gift to acquire happiness. This article focuses on motivation and emotion, two key words in the search for happiness (King, 2010). According to Brooks (2014), people pursue happiness but indirectly obtain several tests that affect their emotions in several ways. Indeed, when we ask a person about their past, the memories that come to mind are often the most important, both positively and negatively. A positive event can be the birth of a child, success. On the other hand, a negative event is often linked to death, failure, dismissal, etc. Suffering or pain also gives us an outside perspective. Without a doubt, suffering makes us human, whether we like it or not. For example, when a friend tells us that she failed an exam and we realize that we could pass it easily, it is difficult to understand exactly her emotion because we have never been in this situation. . But when the same situation arises and you become concerned, you understand the effect this failure can have on you emotionally. In this sense, we understand that suffering makes people human because it helps them to be connected to a situation that has already happened before or that could happen in the future. On the other hand, we can say that suffering is relevant. This shows a difference...... middle of paper......to face reality. We achieve true happiness in suffering, for the greatest happiness is experienced when we have truly suffered. And I'm pretty sure all the people like Mandela and Ghandi could be happy to know that their fight is finally paying off today. Even as a human being, suffering has become part of our existence. Every good marriage is based on periods of discord, relationships between parents and children are often strained. Each birth is preceded by the suffering of the mother. Therefore, overcoming suffering is not about something that happened, but how you respond to life after those trials. ReferencesKing, L. A (2010). Experiment with psychology. New York: Mc-Graw Hill. Brooks, David (April 8, 2014). What does suffering do? The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/opinion/brooks-what-suffering-does.html?ref=psychologyandpsychologists&_r=0