Life is perverse and life is full of grace.
Life is perverse in an uncountable number of ways. Life is filled with an uncountable number of graces. Both are needed. The perverse helps us develop our strengths and our faith, and the graces give definition to evil and help us know what injustice is. Only by facing the realities of the world's evils and disappointments and confronting our own conflicts, contradictions and doubts, can we learn more about ourselves and continue to grow mentally, emotionally and spiritually.