I'm afraid of sufferings, I don't like them, yet I've been through a lot of them in my life. I've been through pains, depressions, confusions, hopelessness and fears. I also experienced being judged rashly by others. But thank God, I survived all of them. I've been reflecting on suffering for many years. I've been asking God so many questions about suffering. At first, I thought God would give me all the answers in just one prayer, but I was wrong. Instead of giving me all the answers right away, he chose to enlighten me little by little in many different ways: through books, different situations in life, the lives of other people, prayers and reflections. He still continues to enlighten me until now. I can feel that he's not finished with me yet. These are some of the things that I learned about suffering: Nobody is exempted from suffering, not even Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints. The cross which is the u...