Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov)

Often we are greatly exaggerated with our sorrows, we observe every sorrow, but we do not observe the graces we receive from the Lord, believing it to be a given thing and therefore remain ungrateful to the Lord.
And only when our sorrows visit us do we begin to properly appreciate the happy moment when the sorrows were not there, and we promise that if the sorrows pass, we will be grateful to God for a peaceful, tranquil existence and gratitude. - Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov)