It is a talent, for example, if you are unable to pray; yet you consider this to be a misfortune. It is important what you do with this inability to pray. Maybe you have buried this talent and you say to yourself. Well, I will not pray. But you can gain so much from it. The inability to pray should intensify your hunger for God and, thereby, it can become a means contributing to your sanctification.
The same thing applies when you have problems at home, when the family is quarrelling; this is also your talent and an opportunity given to you by God. What can you do with it? If you break down and are discouraged, then you bury it in the ground. It is impossible for a person of faith not to see the deeper meaning of his own experiences. The very search for the deeper understanding of personal experiences is to profit from the talent. If you experience fear—for example, you fear suffering or death—this is also an opportunity offered to you….
If certain situations make you feel tense, it means that your talent is hidden within them, as if a diamond were buried beneath the ashes. What do you do with it? How do you make use of it? Everything is meant to serve toward your sanctification. In this sense, everything is grace. Suffering that overwhelms you, or other unfavorable circumstances, are a whole mass of talents. However, we are often like blind people or like children who understand very little. It is only when we stand before God that everything will be made clear to us. Then we will see the ocean of talents in which we have been immersed. By, Father Tadeusz Dajczer