It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult, and in your solitude among others. And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is right, in any case.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
This quote came to me at a time in my life when I was coping with the passing of my grandmother. It has inspired me then and it inspires me now.
There are times when we feel that our circumstances are bigger than us. Times when we feel that what we are going through will eat us alive. Times when we wish what we're going through is but a bad dream, something we can all wake up from. Times when we wish we can just sleep through everything and wake up finding everything is as we want it to be. Experiencing those things in the past has always made me doubt my strength.
So in difficult times, I remember this quote and no matter how difficult it is, I try to accept and just let life happen. Even in the darkest hours our lives, God holds our hands and guides us to safely pass whatever dark corridor we have to go through. At the end of it, when finally we see the light and love surrounding us, we always come out better.
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