...recognize it (tragedy) as the rule rather than the exception.

I am reading a book by Dan Allender titled to be told.  This sentence really got my attention.  "We begin reading the tragedy of our story when we recognize it as the rule rather than the exception."  I experience this but did not really acknowledge it.  I keep wanting to believe tragedy in our lives is the exception but I can look back over my years and find many places of tragedy of various degrees.

Tragedy shapes our character.  Characters welcome!