In English
Joy and Sorrow Go Together
Life is a mixture of sorrow and joy, just as day and night. Some people may wonder why there should be night. Why not just daytime all the while? Because, people who toil during the day can rest during the nighttime. If there is only daylight all the time, one cannot take the well-deserved rest after a hard day’s toil, and there will not be value to one’s life. Pleasure is an interval between two pains; we should accept this. There is sweet juice inside the orange fruit. But it is covered by the bitter outer rind. It is the bitter rind that protects the juice inside. So too, we should face difficulties and losses with forbearance and accept them as a gift from God. Life is a challenge, meet it. We should face these challenges using all available means. We need forbearance to face these difficulties and losses. Man is the embodiment of the quality of forbearance (). There is nothing in this world that you cannot achieve with this quality.