Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself.
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C.S. Lewis, in "The Problem of Pain," argues that suffering is an inherent part of life and that any attempt to eliminate it would essentially mean stripping life of its meaning. He suggests that suffering is closely linked to the nature of existence and the gift of free will. Without the possibility of pain, the richness of life and the depth of human experience would vanish, leaving a hollow existence.
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