My personal trials
have also taught me the value
of unmerited suffering. As my sufferings mounted
I soon realized that there were two ways that I could respond
to my situation: either to react with bitterness or seek to transform
the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter
course. Recognizing the necessity for suffering I have tried to
make of it a virtue. If only to save myself from bitterness,
I have attempted to see my personal ordeals as an
opportunity to transform myself and heal the
people involved in the tragic situation which
now obtains. I have lived these last few
years with the conviction that
unearned suffering is
redemptive.