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.
Andrea Mayard
Success taught me how to achieve. Suffering taught me how to endure—and, more importantly, how to discern. Success can reward performance. It can validate effort, discipline, and ambition. But it doesn’t always ask you to look inward. It doesn’t force you to confront what you’re carrying, what you’re avoiding, or what you’ve outgrown. Suffering does. Through pain, I learned the difference between strength and survival. Read more>>
Justin Griffith aka Grades Of Absolute Truth
Suffering will always be a better teacher than success. You don’t learn real resilience until life knocks you down, and you don’t feel real appreciation when everything comes easy. The hard lessons stick with you. And when you push through the pain, the success that follows hits different – sweeter, deeper, and worth it. Read more>>
Lan Nhi Nguyen
Suffering taught me how to be a better human in ways success never could. Living in a women’s shelter showed me the true value of having a safe place to call home. Experiencing hunger taught me gratitude for food and clean water. Wearing donated clothing taught me appreciation for what I have, rather than what I lack. Read more>>
