Pains and Suffering for Lent
For Lent, I conceived the quixotic notion of posting about some different kind of pain and suffering each day.
Here’s the list of what I have got.
Any suggestions or refinements would be welcome.
boredom
loneliness
rejection
depression
frustration–the people around you
frustration–your own inability to do something
frustration–your own inability to learn something
sticking out
not sticking out
being without the Holy Ghost
Ugliness
despair
itching
childbirth
a child’s pain
a child’s failure
helplessness
a loved one’s physical decline
a loved one’s sin
tragedy (two faces of the same coin)
broken limbs
sores
cuts
illness
suffocation
fatigue
ill-health generally
being crippled
indigestion
asthma
allergies
hunger
thirst
soreness
bruises
fear of failure
fear of the unknown
temptation
fear of death
fear of pain
divorce
being deceived
Evenstar
February 19, 2026
Perhaps self-hatred?
G.
February 20, 2026
Good!