I thought about the quote from Rilke in yesterday’s post in different ways during the day. It is not easy to “love the difficult”. But it seems true to me that in the difficult moments we get a glimpse of things that are really important, and that inspires our dreams, our understanding of happiness. Things feel more real, and the superficiality of a lot of our other contact is revealed.

Without doubt,  it is in the difficult that certain things become clearer. People’s real character, for example.  There are some things that can only be tested over time. A person’s depth is revealed in times of difficulty.  As is the quality of their friendship. The Old Testament expressed this by saying that a true friend was born and brought about for times of adversity.
And we can reflect:   In your most difficult moment, who is the one that you think about to be at your side?