I think we all find ourselves at times wishing for an easy life. Wishing away our struggles and cursing our trials. But so much beauty lies in the most painful of moments. Through the fire we become refined. It is the earthquakes that make us stronger and the storms that make us know true peace. It is through our hardest and most difficult experiences that we are given the most wonderful and indescribable blessings. It is within the pain that we come to know joy and through tragedy that we can become whole. The storm, the whirlwind, the earthquake, they are the things that give us true happiness.

The storm is how we find our anchor. The whirlwind is when we find our rock. It is the chaos of life that brings us our true constants and the tragedies that bring our true beauty. It is the rain that shows the colors of the rainbow and the darkness of the night that allows the sunrise. The most precious things of life are only possible because of the most difficult ones. Love, peace and joy are all increased by struggle and heartache that is overcome and redefined. It is my greatest difficulties that have given me my most incredible blessings.

Don’t wish for easy. Don’t wish for different. See your struggles and pains and hard times for what they truly are-promises of the greatness that is to come.