Hopeful Thinking: How suffering prepares for us for purification

Hopeful Thinking: How suffering prepares for us for purification

Is there a point to hardship? Is there a reason for suffering? I certainly hope so. My faith tells me it is not in vain. And I pray that my belief is correct in that regard. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what this world is going through. I’ve tried to console myself with the fact that it is nowhere near as difficult for humanity today as it was a century ago or two centuries ago. A thousand years ago. But tell that to the kid who’s been …