Character, Dear One, is not discovered in comfort or contentment. It can be expressed in those states, but rarely is something new discovered in comfort.

Not because it can’t be. Because it absolutely can be. But it rarely is, because comfort allows for complacency and passivity, while turmoil does not.

But, if you do nothing more than allow yourself to simply aspire to balance, to equanimity, and then pursue the hard things within that are required to achieve it, who you are, your true character will not only be revealed to you, but it will be strengthened as well.

 

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