why adversity is good

If only my life did not have this setback in
Studies
Sports
Job
Business
Relationships
Money
I would have been better off

And these events make us
feel “broken” or incomplete
we feel if those events
had not happened,
we would have been
more or got more and
now we are getting less or deprived

And in the arc of our dreams
at that point,
this may even be true
or not

From the vantage of the present
where you have seen so much,
met so many people and
experienced a lot,
it is an event in your life
which you have given a certain meaning

A meaning which is more than what is required

You are alive today and that itself is a miracle

Ask all those who are gone yesterday, permanently

Richard Branson once said
“Opportunities are like Buses,
if you miss one,
there is another around the corner”

He should know
he started many failures and
few successful companies

That is the meaning he gave to his early failures

Adversity gives us experiences
with people which
we would never have
when we are successful

It helps you know your character
and others too

This experience helps build
good judgement in the future

Adversity eventually shapes our character

“Your Life is defined by the moment of greatest adversity”

David Brooks

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Today
Ask yourself

What meaning are you giving to the adversity you faced in your life?

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