Roots grow in darkness. When my father texted that he had cancer on December 13, 2017, I had no idea that it would culminate in the conclusion of a painful story that began when I was only 4 years old. We have a fundamental fear of suffering. When we see suffering coming, we run the…
Tag: Suffering
Suffering and Thanksgiving
If there is one thing that characterizes every epoch of human history, and all of life at one point or another, it is testing through suffering. Suffering brings out what is truly inside us, whether bitterness or gratitude, anger or forgiveness, anxiety or peace. Even as an orange reveals the juice hidden inside as pressure…
Rob Karch 