Chapter 39 Thanks for the difficulties

I had a dream. I dreamed that I asked people on the street: "May I ask you to give me some difficulties, some setbacks, some pains?" Everyone rejected me, and I begged others anxiously: "Well, I will hire you at five hundred per hour. Yuan, please give me some torture!" The strangers shook their heads and walked away in silence, and I woke up with a start because I couldn't find anyone willing to torture me. I sat on the bed in a daze, yeah!How precious is the difficulty, the torment, the pain!If everything goes smoothly, who will calm down and meditate, who will develop wisdom, and who can surpass himself and reach the peak in ordinary and comfortable days?

Who would kneel down in humility to pray if there were no difficulties?Who can believe that there is a boundless universe?Who can send love to the afterlife? I am deeply grateful for the difficulties, setbacks and pains. I am also deeply grateful to those who have tortured me, how merciful they are!I didn't pay them to hire them, but they spent their precious time testing me, improving me, and increasing my wisdom.