“Always say: ‘Welcome, sickness! Welcome, misfortune! Welcome, suffering!’ It’s hard, but I have to do it in order to see what lies behind the sickness and the temptation. And if I can’t see it, then I’ll gather my patience and wait to see what’s behind it all. This brings meekness, without which there can be no spiritual life.”
(Fr Charalmpros Papadapoulos, orthodoxchristian.com)