good morning

To say each morning,

"I must have things weariful, painful to bear today, and they shall all be offered up beforehand as my heart's sacrifice; they shall be, not fought against, but received calmly and as welcome, for His sake who suffers them to come,"

gives a dignity, a purpose, nay a very joy to what otherwise is all cheerless annoyance.

~H.L. Sidney Lear