Do you believe that a life without ordeals would facilitate the elevation of the soul? No, and you know it. Each one of them is a means at the soul's disposal to enable it to grow. A life of joy and ease would not encourage it to move towards its true home. This is not easy for humans to admit. They need to have travelled some distance to understand it, and trials of all kinds are necessary to get there. You know all these arguments and have for a long time, but it's understandable that in certain circumstances reactions of rejection manifest before a more correct attitude is found. Common sense prevails, and wisdom allows it to place events in their true context. Faith is the moderating element, it can bring the loving heart back to the appropriate behaviour. Surrender and trust can experience moments of failure; what human being escapes them? Each victory over oneself is a point gained; it's precious and is added to what already exists, gathered in this invaluable reserve that follows one from life to life. Thus is forged the true personality, one that remains beyond this sad existence when it's not lived from this perspective.

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