THE BITTER PILL (Temporary Comfort)

We come to life and relationships hoping all will be well, beautiful, just as we want it. When, despite all our efforts, things do not go as we wish, it's so easy to lapse into disappointment, anger, blaming of ourselves and others or the craving for temporary comfort. Instead of doing this, it is fascinating to realize that we've simply been handed a bitter pill. A pill is medicine to cure illness. What is the illness this bitter experience has come to heal? How can it benefit all?