Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.
It's not so much what happens to us, as what happens in us that counts.
I believe that pain and suffering can either be a prison or a prism.
Learning patience takes a lot of patience!
One of the ways that our faith expresses itself is by our ability to be still, to be present, and not to panic or lose perspective. God still does his best work in the most difficult of circumstances.
It takes time to be a good father. It takes effort - trying, failing, and trying again.