Why do so many people lose their lives in random terrorist attacks? Why do children develop cancer? Why does ANYONE develop cancer? Why do we lose the one person we ask God to keep safe? Why do we get separated from the people who made us the happiest? Why do we ever feel pain, and why do we have to cry?
It doesn't seem fair, that we live through all this pain, this suffering. But it's life. In fact, if we didn't have these times of darkness, we would never learn to appreciate the light. That cliche, that you never know what you have until its gone, can be true in this case. If we always had happiness, sure, it sounds like a better life, but those things that make us so happy would no longer be a big deal, and we would never really realize what we have... we would never be able to appreciate it.
So, live through the pain, keep it in mind... but in the end, just... smile because it happened...
Very wise thoughts! :)
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