A Prayer by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

"Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down. If you cannot refuse to stay down lift your heart toward heaven and like a hungry beggar, ask that it be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no one can keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven-only you. It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good came of this is not yet listening.”

Page 76 of the Faithful Gardener
A Wise Tale about that Which Can Never Die