Light out of Darkness

The ancient Kabbalists say "There is no light a brilliant as the light which manages to emerge from out of the darkness" (Sefer Ha'Zohar). I endeavor to keep this in mind when I am faced with obstacles and challenges. When I am in pain, physical or emotional, it's difficult to know when that pain will ebb, but knowing that there is indeed a light at the end of that dark tunnel makes the suffering a bit less demoralizing. Opening to the Divine breath as I breathe, fully opening my heart, my lungs, my body seems to open the passage even more, and the pain isn't quite so bad.