With all the focus on success it’s easy to overlook the valuable lessons we can learn from the more difficult parts of our journey. Below, you’ll find some very interesting insights from some of the most fascinating members of the community.
Hadi Umayra
Suffering, as I define it, is a deeply personal experience that varies from one individual to another. What feels like suffering to me may not resonate with others in the same way. For me, suffering is not just hardship or pain—it is the ladder that elevates me toward success. Read more>>
Kimberley Dietrich
Suffering has shown me that I am stronger than others ever gave me credit for. Over the years, I’ve been called fat, ugly, stupid, and a failure, and each of those harsh words fueled my desire to prove them wrong. I worked multiple jobs, often struggling just to make ends meet, but those experiences only made me tougher. Read more>>
Jan Riggins
In 2024, I started really focusing on my art career and stepping back from my corporate job of 25 years. I continued working part-time in the office, usually 3 days a week, and fulfilling art jobs Friday-Monday. I was exhausted but exhilarated…the inundation of art jobs was intoxicating and I dreamt of the day that I would have the courage to leave my corporate job. Read more>>
Lea Genders
In my early thirties, I went from working in retail, where I was on my feet all day, to a desk job where I sat for hours. In a couple of years I gained over thirty-five pounds, and suddenly none of my clothes fit. I didn’t feel like myself. I was uncomfortable in my body and frustrated that I didn’t know how to fix it. Read more>>
Biridiana Ordoñez
Suffering taught me success! But like how you may say. You see I had to close the doors to my dream. I had finally opened my shop in the town I wanted but we were struggling. I had to make the toughest choice to close my doors. Read more>>
Heather Gill
True growth often begins in hard places. A seed doesn’t grow in sunlight—it grows because it’s buried in dark, cold soil. Transformation happens there, invisible to the outside world. Such is the path of suffering. Walking through pain teaches us in ways success never can. It plants a deeper kind of knowing within; It taught me things no textbook ever could. Read more>>
Teira Hill
Suffering taught me that nobody’s coming to save you! You have to be your own rescue, your own motivation, and your own backbone. It showed me how to stand on my own, how to build from the ground up with nothing but faith and grit. Success feels good, but it never taught me the resilience, patience, or self-trust that struggle did. Read more>>
Payton Meadows
Suffering taught me how to be patient and how time should be respected. Suffering has also brought me closer to people and building relationships. I have worked with and managed a lot of hard-working, smart, and respectful people. Those are the people who get you through the times of suffering and open your eyes to how hard people work for themselves and family. Read more>>
Kyndall Brown
Suffering taught me that it’s part of the process — not a punishment. Pain is temporary, but misery is optional. It’s in the suffering that I developed spiritual endurance — the kind of strength you need not just to reach the blessing, but to maintain it. Success never demanded that kind of depth from me — but suffering did. Read more>>
Erica Murphy
Suffering is in the process. We often times think about success as a promise without considering the process. When people say ‘trust the process’ there is suffering along the way. The patience, the ups and downs, the hardships, the challenges, the mistakes, the lessons, are all apart of the process. Read more>>
Ja’lia Marie
Suffering taught me that God is real. There are situations that I would have never been able to overcome without His grace and mercy. Suffering has also taught me about myself and my character. How people behave when they’re under a lot of pressure will tell you more about them than when they are at their pinnacle.! Read more>>
Tyler Meksavanh
Suffering taught me so many things that success never could teach me. When things got hard in life, suffering showed me how strong I actually was. Suffering throws you down under and mentally it feels like you’ll never come back up, but you will. Read more>>
