The more you abandon yourself…
Love God the same way in everything. Love God as quickly in poverty as in wealth. Seek God in sickness as well as in health. Look for God when you are tempted, and look for him when you’re not tempted. Discover God in suffering and in pleasantness. It is like carrying two buckets. If one is heavy, the other feels lighter. The more you abandon yourself, the easier it will be to abandon. If you love God, you will be able to renounce the whole earth as though it were an egg. The more you give, the easier it is to give. The followers of Christ discovered that the heavier their suffering, the easier they could endure it.
— Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
