(Long Post) ,chronic_pain-onelist.comThis is an article about adversity submitted to me by the author for my newsletter. Thought it had some interesting points.

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Embracing Adversity for Achievement

" Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you

someone who has overcome adversity. " Lou Holtz

Success in life depends upon being strong people with clear goals

and indomitable spirits. Unfortunately most of us aren't born that way. We

grow that way. And that growth can either come from us entering willfully

into situations that will cause us to grow, like subscribing to Made for

Success, or from the way we react when circumstances come upon us without

our consent. The latter is what we call adversity.

Most of us spend our lives trying to avoid adversity, and I guess

that is just as well. We shouldn't pursue adversity, but when she arrives,

we should welcome her as a foe who, though our interaction with her, will

make us into better people. Every contact we have with adversity gives us

again the opportunity to grow personally and professionally and to forge

our character into one that will achieve much later on.

With that in mind, here are some thoughts on adversity, and how it

can help you to succeed in every area of your life and achieve your dreams.

Adversity brings out our resources. Horace said " Adversity reveals genius,

prosperity conceals it. " When everything is going well, we coast. There

isn't a lot of stress, and we don't have to draw too much on the resources

that reside within us. But when adversity comes we begin to draw upon each

and every resource that we have in order to conquer the circumstances at

hand. Adversity then, keeps us sharp. It keeps us using our personal

muscle, if you will. That is a good thing because we grow through the use

of our resources.

Adversity brings us together with others. Sure a team can have their

problems with each other, but when they step on the court, when they

experience the adversity of facing another obstacle, they pull together.

One for all and all for one, as they say. The next time you experience

adversity of some kind, keep your eyes open for how it can bring you

together with your family, your co-workers or your team. Then when you are

through it, you will find a bond that was created that wasn't there before.

Adversity makes us better people with stronger characters. Never

underestimate the power of adversity to shape us inwardly. How will

courage, discipline and perseverance ever flourish if we are never tested?

After adversity, we come out stronger people and able then to use our

character and influence in an even greater way to lead those around us and

to improve their lives as well as our own.

Adversity makes life interesting. Amatt said, " Without adversity,

without change, life is boring. " How true. Have you noticed that while we

are in the middle of adversity we only long to get out of it, but we then

spend a lifetime recounting it to anyone who will listen? This is because

it spices life up a little. Imagine how boring life would be if everything

always went well, when there was never a mountain to be climbed.

Here are some questions for you to reflect upon before I close:

Q. If you are in the middle of some adversity right now, what resources are

you drawing on? Who are you drawing closer to and working with? What part

of your character is being tested, and built up? What can you do to view

this adversity as one who will be better for it on the other side?

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of

an equal or greater benefit Napoleon Hill

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