Afflictions - Henry Ward Beecher

"Affliction comes to us all
    not to make us sad,
          but sober;
    not to make us sorry,
             but wise;
    not to make us despondent,
                  but by its darkness
         to refresh us,
as the night refreshes the day;
    Not to impoverish,
             but to enrich us. "
                                Henry Ward Beecher