...Not at a little cost,
Hardly by prayer or tears,
Shall we recover the road we lost
In the drugged and doubting years.
But, after the fires and the wrath,
But, after searching and pain,
His Mercy opens us a path
To live with ourselves again.
-Rudyard Kipling, “The Choice”
Kipling's poem actually refers to war and PTSD, I believe, and I am taking a particular passage out of context; however, don't you think this could apply to anyone who has fought any type of war, internal or external? It is beautiful and full of hope.
To view the poem in its entirety, The Choice
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