Through the difficulties

One of life's greatest gifts is the fact that life is difficult. Because in dealing with life's difficulties, you build priceless skills.

Those skills enable you to successfully fulfill your deepest, most meaningful purposes. It is precisely because life is difficult that you are able to make it great.

It is because life is difficult that you are able to rise above the difficulties. You are able to make a difference and you are able to truly matter.

The burdens you carry can set the stage for your greatest triumphs. The challenges you work through challenge you to become stronger and more capable.

Life's difficulties provide the resistance to strengthen your life muscles. Though it is painful to feel the burn, it is also immensely satisfying to feel those muscles growing ever more powerful.

Accept and acknowledge life's difficulties, and you connect yourself with life's great opportunities. Work your way through the difficulties, and you arrive at sweet, satisfying fulfillment.

-- Ralph Marston

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