Life isn’t simple. One of the ways that I can grow from life’s adversities, is to see what is positive about a difficult situation, to look for the deeper meaning. I can grow in joy and in pain. It doesn’t need to be one or the other because pain can transform into joy. It can be the fire that clears the field for new and tender growth. I will look at a situation in its highest light. I will turn it and turn it in the kaleidoscope of my mind, seeing it slightly anew each time, finding a way to look at it that allows me to live with it most fruitfully while still remaining connected to my authentic self.

Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.

Mao Tse-tung