Vanishing Point

The redemptive value of suffering -

an interesting concept

chatted up by papal powers -

leads to thoughts of choices (you know, decisions)

taken (or not taken) throughout your life.

A decision tree, a useful tool

for deciding:

Take the Path to Perdition

or

Take the Road to Redemption

when

a decision fork arrives.

Of course neither conduit is labeled.

Is it Redemption?

or

Is it Perdition?

Looking back, using keenest hindsight,

I see I sometimes took

the Path, and other times,

the Road; the Path

more often than not.

Ah, and now the key question

I face:

Is suffering synonymous with pain?

I think yes, Pain is suffering, they are synonyms.

Therefore:

Which choice brought the fiercest pain?

If

I had that answer

I would know

If

There is redemptive value in suffering.