"She wears her troubles like wings"?!

What a wonderful way to "see" and describe the utilizing, the transmutation of difficulties into an opportunity for self-expansion!

(Μετουσίωση, then! 😉)

Because this is what they are, aren't they?

The easy-going stuff cannot lead to evolution. They are valuable, they offer us a lot, they serve a purpose, but this purpose isn't to help us widen our perception and extent the range of our inner skills.

And you just transmuted my black morning coffee into a sweet one! Ha ha!