ad astra per aspera

Per aspera ad astra or Ad astra per aspera is a Latin Phrase which means any of the following: "Through hardships to the stars", "A rough road leads to the stars" or "To the stars through difficulties". The phrase is one of many Latin sayings which use the exxpressin ad astra. 

 A friend shared the phrase 'ad astra per aspera' to me today. He doesn't know that I have been moving through starry inner heavens these days, unhappy and struggling but I am always sure that I am more star matter, more starlight, than anything else.

Ad astra per aspera.