From The Wise Heart, by Jack Kornfield,

"When Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi spoke about her many years of house arrest under a cloud of violence and the brutal repression fo the Burmese dictatorship, she said, 'It is from hardship rather than ease that we gather wisdom. We need to develop the capacity to draw strength from our hardships... to ignite the thunder flame of our own heart and let it illuminate the sotrmy night.' In our hardships, we discover the courage not to succumb, not to retreat, not to strike out in fear and anger. And by resting in a non-contentious heart we become a lamp, a medicine, a strong presence; we become the healing the world so dearly needs."

This touched me very deeply. I hope that it will have the same inspiration for at least one of you as well.

Peace and courage and infinite love,

Hannah