Slippery

I think there’s a difference between choosing suffering and suffering choosing you. The first is beautiful and transformative, the second has the potential to be, but is not always so. It takes someone doing the former to release someone from the bonds of the latter, turning unbearable suffering into a volatile vessel for healing. But places where choosers can get the tools they need to do their work are few and far between, so sometimes even the choosers turn into the chosen. 

Hope is elusive.