痛み / Weltschmerz II

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.
- Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

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But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

- 2 Corinthians 12:9

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how to grow without ever being uncomfortable

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"and found once I stopped thinking I was entitled to a comfortable and easy ride - once I started expecting it to be hard and difficult, I stopped hating it so much."

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My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.