Something I've learned, that trials are not always about you and making you stronger, though they can make you stronger. Trials may also be about the other party who is being given an opportunity to make better choices to go down the narrow path to the narrow gate. 

Shhh, it's not a secret to listen to your intuition. If you really listen and "hear" what your are being told, it isn't your "intuition" after all, it is really the Holy Spirit. You can't hear him if your own voice is too loud. That feeling you get is the Spirit using your body to clue you in so you can stop and listen.  It's okay to take small moments and really listen, the cost is not nearly as much as it might cost you if you do not listen. Listening is not so much an art as it is a choice, what action will you choose to do - to listen or to ignore?

Only with real love does a person flourish and blossom. Without the warmth of love, the inside of a person dies just like a seed. Without light and the right temperature a seed growing is dwarfed, its possibilities to grow are limited. The best way to start receiving love is to give it first. Seek and ye shall find-Give love and you will find love but you have to give it before you get it. That is what makes it unconditional love because you gave it first. If you "expect" love in return, then the love you thought you gave was never a gift - it was something with strings attached.

As we go through the day we are presented with many choices. Choices we have control over and then those that are dependent upon the choices of others. If we are attempting to change our lives then it will not change if we keep make the same choices (headed down the wide path to the wide gate.) it is hard to do but we should really be... taking the narrow path to the narrow gate where there are more limited choices to make and really, it is not so dependent upon the choices of others because we've already decided upon the hard choices. In order to know which path to take just remember to pray for discernment, wisdom, and clarity. It really takes all three to make the right decision, not just "any" decision. God gave us free will to have the lives we want but happiness is not the same as joy. Happiness is rather fleeting, like our moods. Joy is that peace you feel when no matter what could go wrong in a day, it doesn't matter, your life is in a good place, your faith is strong, you have high hopes for all of your days, and you have God's gift of love in your life. It is your perspective to choose how you live your life. Now, take ownership of your life and use the tools at hand to choose well for your life.