But these are small troubles, people will say. Yes, but they are drops which wear hollows in the rock.

Hans Christian Andersen
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Walt Whitman once said to his friend, John Greenleaf Whittier, “But these are small troubles, people will say. Yes, but they are drops which wear hollows in the rock.” Without the little struggles that come with life, we would not have any sense of what is really important in life. We know that things are supposed to be difficult because even the smallest things can end up being our downfall. If everything were perfect, then there wouldn't be any reason to get up in the morning.

Things are hard because it shows this world this is real and that we are not just made up of air. Each one of us is made of flesh and bone.

Source: The Fairy Tale Of My Life: An Autobiography

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