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On Suffering and Surfing by Dr. Chris Paddy. One thing I know for sure, there is a lot

in life we can't control. When I was 14 my dad died of cancer. He was only 39 at the

time. He was one of the most alive, enlightened and passionate people you could imagine. He

was a mix of Indiana Jones and Clark Rizzwald. I spent the last 19 years of my life learning

to live with his loss and I've dedicated my life and career to understanding the suffering

that is inherent to human life. That's what initially brought me to Buddhist and existential

philosophy and I now consider myself an agnostic Buddhist. The first of the four noble truths

of Buddhism is that life entails suffering. The second is that the cause of suffering

has to do with how we think about ourselves and the world around us. To me a perspective

that acknowledges the suffering that we all have, whether we're the most privileged or

disadvantaged person out there, is one that embraces a radically honest approach to life.

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