“Therefore, my good and beloved brothers, whoever is wronged in this life and wants to seek justice, let him know that it is this: to bear the burdens of his brother, of his neighbor, until his final breath, and to be patient in all the sorrows of this present life. Because every affliction that befalls us, whether from men, from the demons, or from our very own nature, always has enclosed within it the corresponding profit. And whoever passes through it with patience receives the payment: its pledge here and its fulfillment there.”

Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast by Elder Joseph Hesychast