The obstacles we face are a proving ground for that inner attitude of resilient self-confidence that we all need.
“The powers we have can never inspire in us a genuine inner self-confidence until we have confronted many difficulties along the way, and every now and then have to struggle fiercely with them. This is the only way our true spirit can be tested – the inner spirit we have that will never consent to be ruled by outside forces. The nature of such spirit can be seen in the fact that no prizefighter can go into a contest with high spirits if he has never been beaten black and blue.
The only man who can enter the ring with confidence is the one who has seen his own blood, has felt his teeth rattled by an opponent’s fist, has been tripped up, and has experienced the full force of an adversary’s charge, who has been knocked down in body but not in spirit – one who, as often as he falls, gets up again with greater determination than ever.” – The Stoic Art of Living
Some of the most important lessons I have learned are when I failed, lost, or got my butt kicked by a situation. I am stronger, smarter, and more qualified because of all those failures.
Can you look back and see how adversity has made you stronger?
I can! Thank you for this!
Grateful for adversity. It hurts in the moment, but develops character in the long run.
“What stands in the way becomes the way.