Psalm of the Day: Verdant Pastures

I've been wondering if the Psalm about the Good Shepherd is false advertising. It seems the more a person's spiritual life progresses, the more difficult things become. St. Teresa of Avila is quoted to have prayed to God, "If this is the way you treat your friends, it's no wonder you have so few!"  

Sometimes you ask, where are the verdant pastures and the restful waters?  Why is it that goodness and kindness have forgotten that they are supposed to follow us all the days of our life? 

One day I thought it would be helpful to think that all these things are not a leading away from situations that create anxiety but a leading to a place inside ourselves that provides us repose despite everything that is going on outside. A place inside ourselves where goodness and kindness will forever be found. God leads us deeper into ourselves and there we will find everything that psalm promises.