Thank you for writing this. Suffering is a topic steeped in mythologies in many if not all cultures. We glorify it, excuse it, tell ourselves it’s a lesson in life, resort to the Zen mode in order to accept it, hope that our gods will not give us more suffering than we can bear, try to protect ourselves against mother nature and her cruel games, and then turn around and create suffering for ourselves and anyone who stands in our path. Humans are a contradictory mess with big brains that sabotage us at every twist and turn.