Ignorance

The Buddhist philosophy asserts that suffering is based on ignorance, and isn't this true?

I know that I have been suffering over something that seems just so tragic, but when I really break it down (notwithstanding the intellectual experiential understanding that this will soon pass and really won't matter to me anymore), I suffer because I simply do not have all the facts. I do not know what the other person is feeling (or was feeling before the fight), I don't know how vital character differences could have handicapped either of us as time went on, and I don't know if there is someone who I (and he) can much better get along with, based on more reasonable commonalities. 

I ignore the problems that existed in vain desperation to right any wrongs, and mostly, I want absolution more than reconciliation, because I feel guilty. So now what? Well, the usual - self survey, confession, and restitution for the renewal of my mind, so that the obsession, and the fear, might be lifted.

And then there can be forgiveness, both to myself, and to the person whom I felt harmed me. Until I do the work, all I have in me is rot. Blame, hatred, self-pity, and remorse. Therefore, all I can do now is look at my own actions, assumptions, and words. God doesn't want me to suffer - he sent His son so that I might never suffer. I need to use the tools laid out at my feet so that I can go to the foot of the Cross and say, "I'm healed. Thank you, God." Amen