by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
SUFFERING ACCEPTANCE
We sometimes indulge in self-pity by thinking that disappointments, failures, heartaches and tragedies are peculiar to us. But they are a common lot of us all. We are not singled out for an undue share of life’s woes. Suffering is a principle of life itself; as long as we live in the world we all have to suffer.