Meaning of “I try to increase the power God has…”

Keller interprets struggle as capable of developing strength, patience and helpfulness, while speaking from her own philosophical and religious framework.

Language is remembered as opening several capacities at once—thought, hope and a fuller experience of living—rather than merely adding a vocabulary item.

The brief instruction treats joy as an enduring orientation to be practiced repeatedly rather than a feeling reserved only for easy circumstances.

The line is memorable as praise of reading, though its comic context matters because Miss Bingley says it while performing interest for Darcy.

Keller describes intellectual and spiritual agency as a source of rejoicing after recalling an earlier life of darkness and stillness.

The verse directs attention toward the present day as something to receive with gratitude and deliberate gladness rather than overlook while waiting for another moment.