I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret comforts, that I cannot express them; and which I take notice of here, to put those discontented people in mind of it, who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them, because they see and covet something that He has not given them.
Ez időnként leírhatatlan, rejtélyes nyugalmat hozott nekem. Minderről azért számolok be, hogy okuljanak belőle az elégedetlenek, akik nem érik be Isten adományaival, hanem inkább arra vágynak, amit nem kaptak meg tőle.