I agree with you, Rick! Nobody goes through life on earth without some type of suffering. If we learn to offer our sufferings to God, joining them with the sufferings of Our Lord Jesus, we are participating in the salvation of souls! Paul, in his epistles, has much to say about suffering. Just look up “suffering” or “cross” in a concordance and you’ll be amazed!
Mother Teresa used to tell her sisters “Love until it hurts. It hurt Jesus to love us.”