Unlike suturing or locating a pulse, dealing with death does not become easier with time.
Erika Steinbach, another veteran conservative, said: "Life has not become easier as a result of the chancellor's comments.
My life has not become easier because of the trial, but it may have stopped it getting much, much, harder".
Convoys carrying NATO supplies are having fewer problems getting through, but travel for ordinary Afghans has not become easier or safer.
No. 1 Texas followed its win over Oklahoma by routing Missouri, 56-31, but its schedule will not become easier; in the next two weeks, the Longhorns will play the unbeaten Big 12 rivals Oklahoma State and Texas Tech.
His work did not become easier when he quit drinking, but it did become more emotional.
Frank A. Jenssen, a Norwegian journalist who covers whaling, told a television station in May: "If it does not become easier to sell whale meat, I fear that this tradition and industry will die out.
As demonstrated by the #1reasontobe panel at this year's Game Developer's Conference, life has certainly not become easier for women working in the videogame industry, but the internet is certainly a growing platform for them to speak out, grow their allies, and to cultivate a more inclusive game design community.
Even then, however, things didn't become easy overnight.
It didn't become easy exactly, but it did become — just a little bit — magic.
