I don’t know if I believe in a happy life — and I don’t think struggling is necessary as much as it is inevitable. And suffering is inherently a bad thing, but what comes from it can be good. I don’t think I’d be the way I am without it

Romans 5:3–5: “And we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope.”

Lovely article Michelle!