A Warrior of the light often loses heart.
She believes that nothing can stir in her the emotion she desires. She is forced to spend many nights feeling that she is one of the vanquished, and nothing seems able to restore her enthusiasm.
Her friends say, "Perhaps her fight is over."
The warrior feels pain and confusion when she hears such remarks because she knows that she has not yet reached the place that she wants to reach. But she is stubborn and she refuses to relinquish her aims.
Then, when she least expects it, a new door opens.
-from Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho with me changing "he" to "she".