Lidandets mysterium

Hur ska man förstå och hantera lidande?

Svaren och sätten är nog ungefär lika många som det finns lidande människor. Framför allt så kan man inte tala om för andra hur de ska bemöta det. Den insikten kan bara komma inifrån.

Hos en bloggvän, Sr. Mary Paul, hittade jag ett svar, ett sätt, som jag ville lyfta fram:

"It has taken half a lifetime to learn that my pain and mortal suffering has, indeed, strong meaning and purpose. Its purpose is to make me a saint in his Kingdom. Its purpose is to help me love others in ways never before thought. That's the purpose, that's the reason, I discovered. I take it all in its uncomfortableness; lift it, bless it in my littleness, and repeat it... over and over. Lift, bless, repeat.

Then, anything is sufferable with this ointment of attitude. Then, it can be healed for it is given over and redeemed; I am redeemed and given over.

I have suffered a lifetime; now, I understand and it makes wonderful perfect sense to me. "

Tankar, någon?