There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in travelling in a stage-coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place. -- Washington Irving
I do not say it has been from bad to worse, but I have found that strange comfort of being bruised in a new place by shifting one's position, discovering new angles of riding through the journey and weathering its bumps. I pray this makes me hardier in my soul, not hard of heart.