A Position on Suffering.

I'm always reluctant to tell my mother if I'm struggling, figuring if she's worried, I'm stressed that she's worried.  So I try to be unnecessarily strong for her, 让他放心。It usually backfires, though, as somehow or another I always seem to break down in tears.

I don't think my mother likes to see me go through difficult times.  Heck, it's not that I do either.  And it's not necessarily these huge trials that I refer to, but regular choices we make that stand in Opposition to this world.  They cost us something.

I'm not trying to drum up sympathy for myself, but rather call to mind a position on suffering.  I have yet to know the loss of all things, but still there is the suffering that comes from persisting in Good.  This kind of suffering I have come to know.

And to those who also share with Him, you know this too.