Six Difficult Things....

"A man is never granted the degree of the righteous before six difficult
things become possible for him: the first, that he closes the door of ease
and open the door of difficulty; the second, that he closes the door of
honour and open the door of humiliation; the third, that he closes the door
of comfort and open the door of effort; the fourth; that he closes the door
of sleep and open the door of wakefulness; the fifth; that he closes the
door of wealth and open the door of poverty; the sixth; that he close the
door of imagining the future and open the door of readiness for death."

- Hazrat Ibrahim Adham