Life is not always a smooth road. Most of the time it is full of rocks and bumps, full of moments when you feel like everything is weighing you down. But these difficulties are part of the story; part of what makes us who we are. If everything were to be simple and easy, no one would have the opportunity to grow.
Suffering is like a mirror that is held up in front of us. In those heavy moments, we see who we really are, how much we can stand, and how much we are willing to continue. Life tests us with all its pressure, but it is in the heart of those pressures that we find strength. Just like a seed that must break through its hard shell to become a sprout.
Sometimes despair comes to us and says that it is no use anymore, that you can no longer do it. But if we stay in the moment just a little longer, if we take just one more step forward, we will see that the hardship was not so endless. Life always seems to have something beyond the breaking point; a meaning, an opportunity, a new form of ourselves.
Creation always comes out of this darkness. He who has not suffered has nothing to create. Pain is raw material; we choose to build walls or bridges with it. We can be crushed under its pressure or, with the same pressure, build a new resilience within ourselves.
The truth is that life will remain difficult. There is no prescription that will make everything painless. But we can choose: whether to give up and stay where we are, or to embrace the pain and continue to build. Ultimately, the meaning of life is not in comfort, but in continuing.
Perhaps this is the great secret: life is difficult, but we have the power to be difficult. We are not made to run away, we are made to endure, to rebuild, to rise even when everything is destroyed. Difficulties are not the enemy, they are part of the path. And if we stand in their hearts, one day we will realize that they were what made us who we truly are.