Pain

Pain is not for running from. Where else do we learn acceptance, non-resistance and courage? How else do we cultivate endurance? From pain issues the profundo note of a deep and sober joy.

Endurance

Some men endure a lot with apparent ease; other men (Emerson’s “city dolls”) endure a little with great difficulty.

Endurance is acquired through hardship. There is no other way.

Life is our guru.