Even when the Body Is Broken and Crushed

by Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook

Even when the body is broken and crushed
And the spirit is stunned and is wounded
By many pains, spiritual and physical,
The spiritual pleasure doesn’t stop
Giving its honey and flowing sweetness,
That soothes and gives deep delight
To the soul in the midst of its darkness….
     Shemonah Kevatzim 5:111