Indeed, in the truth which God is, no suffering which befalls us is so minor, whether it be a kind of discomfort or inconvenience, that it does not t… - Meister Eckhart

Indeed, even if you make God your goal, all the works you perform for his sake will be dead, and you will only spoil those works which are genuinely good. Not only will you spoil your good works, but you will also commit sins, for you will be behaving like a gardener who is supposed to plant a garden but who pulls out all the trees instead and then demands his wages. That is how you will spoil your good works. And so, if you wish to live and wish your works to live too, then you must be dead to all things and be reduced to nothing. It is a property of creatures to make one thing from another, but it is a property of God to make something from nothing. And so if God is to make something of you or in you, then you must first yourself become nothingness. Enter your own inner ground therefore and act from there, and all your works shall be living works. That is why ' the wise man' says that 'the just person lives in eternity' since it is because they are just that such a person acts, and all their works are living works.

Allez, daz zal ist, daz hanget von einem, und ein hanget von nihte. Gotes rîchtuom und wîsheit und wârheit ist alzemâle ein in gote; ez enist niht ein, ez ist einicheit. Got hât allez, daz er hât, in einem; ez ist ein in im. Die meister sprechent, der himel loufe umbe, daz er alliu dinc in ein bringe; dar umbe löufet er alsô balde. Got hât alle vüllende als ein, und gotes natûre hanget daran und ist der sêle sælicheit, daz ein got ein ist; ez ist ir gezierde und ir êre.

The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul.