Miss, Charlotte, the book I'm reading is Your Sacred Self by Wayne Dyer.. Anyone ever read it?

Perna.. Thank you. That added much clarity for me about the difference between pain and suffering.

Echoes - You much summarized the message in the book that suffering is good. I think with help from you all I understand a bit more.

Kiya. Yes, I did feel when reading the book that it wasnt written in teh context of abuse which is really complex, but I take from it what I can.