Suffering

I just liked this line and wanted to highlight it here:

"We must be ready, not only to suffer ourselves, bt to allow those we love to have the privilege of suffering too." (Italics mine)

It's so easy to get caught up in that - to overly protect or worry for someone, when maybe they need that suffering. I know it probably applies to loved ones in all our lives now (and today I am thinking of a special coworker, whom I found out is planning to move back in with her less-than-loyal-and-gentle guy.)