Even with much of that unloaded now, my days still get crunched with plenty of demands, changes, and frustrations. While the weight is as much as ever, it just doesn't seem as heavy. God may send a load. But He will never send an overload. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful.
Hardship here is defined as training.
But if we are not looking for the trainer's lesson in the problem, we get only the pain and miss the peace. When a peace-pursuer understands he is in training rather than in trouble, he can relax even under fire. Knowing that peace will come from this pain doesn't make the pain any more enjoyable, but you can handle it calmly. Frankly, I almost lost my personal peace before it was even a month old. I came away from my turning point with a fresh sense of hope, sensing I had finally regained control.