Suffering In Dorothy's Search For Meaning

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I found myself oddly similar to the eighteen-year-old Dorothy Day: wandering in a city of thousands yet still feel terribly alone. Loneliness is a torture, it stabs my soul and steals my happiness. I have tried so many ways to end this torture, but still fail to ease it. Reading Dorothy’s story gave me inspiration of how to deal with loneliness. Instead of aimlessly seeking for fulfillment, Dorothy connected her suffering to a greater purpose. When people are seeking happiness, Day sought suffering; she built her character through suffering. Why suffering? Suffering drags you down to the deepest of yourself, it confronts you with aching truth. Painful as it is, but suffering is the crucial element in shaping ourselves. Only through suffering