A Promised or Chosen Land?

You frequently hear that painful and difficult experiences are opportunities for spiritual growth. Rejection in the form of being let go at work or being left by a lover who decides he or she is enamored with someone else is painful. But it's supposedly less painful if it you regard it in a new light, ie as a chance to discover something or do something that you might not have chanced to attempt before. People who are addicts or alcoholics have to give up the thing they love and are addicted to,...