To understand suffering

That is one of the core teaching of Buddhism, and the central learning of my life these days.

Well, almost everyone knows about suffering. but are we viewing suffering in the right manner, ie having the right view and understanding about suffering?

After learning more about the First Noble Truth, I must admit that my understanding and consequently realisation of/about suffering is so so limited and superficial.

Suffering is not simply a word to describe pain or agony. There are many different levels to suffering as it is. To put it simply, as long as you are not happy, you are suffering. And most often the case, that is all the time
And who can deny the fact that we are constantly seeking happiness from external sources? But those happiness are typically fleeting, impermanent.

I am only at the stage where to understand suffering is to be able to objectify suffering, and say "This is suffering"....

That is my mantra these days. This is SUFFERING