The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.   Thomas Merton


I pray to let go of avoiding suffering,
to not get "tossed away" by suffering, just to let it be.
I pray to not let the fear of being hurt prevent me from loving, from forgiveness,
from living.
I pray to you for your everlasting love and guidance
to see me through.

Amen.