If one would not so easily bemoved to seek comfort for oneself, but instead choose to accept the effortless discomfort that life sometimes brings, then in these more difficult moments would one be naturally turned to seek his comfort not in the familiar, traditional, and conditional forms — but from the company of God whose simple, but peaceable Presence readily transforms what maybe unwanted into what is no longer worth noticing.

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