Things I learned that day

Things I learned that day

I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser For all she had to say!
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And never a word said she;
But, oh, the things I learned that day from her
When sorrow walked with me!

Unknown

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes from the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and recovered hope.

George Eliot

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.”

Victor Hugo

See also the story of The Mustard Seed And Sorrow

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