Restriction and Life -

I'm not going to say that pure restriction makes all of life grand.  It doesn't.  But what it does do, when we have a chance to reflect, is force us to grow emotionally.  We might not like restriction.  We often don't.  But it sure can help us to appreciate what we have.  That's not a necessary conclusion.  Often restriction is simply hard, and there's no associated apotheosis.  When it does happen, though, it is something to savor.