Affliction-Good or Bad?

What is affliction? Affliction-a state of pain, distress, or grief, misery; a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, calamity, or persecution; mishap, trouble, tribulation, catastrophe, disaster; adversity, misfortune, trial; refer to an event or circumstance that is hard to bear According to the definition, many would say that affliction is a bad [...]