is not a question of either achievement or endurance—rather, in some cases, endurance itself is the greatest achievement. The essence of achievement in true suffering, in my opinion, has perhaps been expressed most clearly in Rilke’s words, who once cried out: “How much we must suffer through!” The German language only knows the term “work through.” But Rilke grasped that our meaningful achievements in life can be fulfilled at least as well in suffering as in working.
