Deal with everything with love, kindness, meekness, patience and humility. Be rocks.
Let all the waves break over you and turn back leaving you untroubled.
You’ll say, ‘That sounds fine, but is it possible?’
The answer is ‘Yes, always—with the grace of God.’
If we look at things in human terms, of course, it is impossible.
But instead of affecting you adversely, all these things can be of benefit to you, increasing your patience and your faith.
Because all the difficulties that surround us represent a kind of gymnastics for us.
We exercise ourselves in patience and endurance.
Elder Porphyrios