what you really learn from hardships

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Suffering is the tuition one pays for a character degree.

- M. Rayner, M.D., SparkPeople member

What you really learn from hardships

" Perhaps you think this isn't very �positive' sounding, but I find it

helps people (patients and friends) put hardship, which is inevitable,

to good use, " says . " People can use their suffering either to

gain character or become bitter. The ones who choose bitterness live a

long, slow death. The ones who choose character truly live. "

is right on the money. Happiness and sadness don't happen to us--they

come from within. The story of your life will be written with or

without your help. The next chapter is happening while you read this.

Will you wait to see what it says later, or will you help write it?