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.
Faith Ellis
I think suffering, again back to my childhood, taught me to be self-reliant and it taught me grit. I know I wouldn’t have learned those things if I had been automatically successful or if everything would have been easy for me. And then what? When things get tough would I just give up? Read more>>
Carnela Hill
I have been taught how to suffer well… a topic for another day. Suffering unlocked strength, resilience, and power in me that success alone could never reveal. Every hardship stretched me beyond my comfort zone and pushed me into places I never would have reached without the struggle. Read more>>
Imani Alexander
Suffering taught me patience. Suffering taught me perseverance. Suffering taught me humility. Suffering taught me reality. Suffering taught me to have a giving heart. Suffering taught me how to lean on people. Success couldn’t have taught me these things. I would have thought it just came with it, easily but these character building things don’t just come with success. Read more>>
Michael Gillman
I feel this may be the obvious answer, but it’s that not everything you do, no matter how well you think you’re doing, will be full successful. You’re going to fail at certain times in your life, which can lead to suffering, but without those failures, there are things you would never learn about yourself. Your resilience. Read more>>
Billy Rae
Everyone at some point in their life is faced with the same choices. We can choose to learn from our choices or make excuses for them. Anybody can talk up a story where by and large they’ve accomplished what they’ve set out to do, never faced any real adversity, and never been confronted with the real cost of hard choices and personal growth. Read more>>
Eric Craigo
Suffering taught me resilience in a way that success never could. When everything is going well, it’s easy to think you’ve got it all figured out. But it’s the challenges, the setbacks, the long days, and the mistakes that really test you. Those moments forced me to slow down, stay patient, and learn to adapt. I realized that hardship teaches empathy, too. Read more>>
Ashleyh Korgar
Long-suffering and enduring offenses are often the necessary prequalifications for the blessings and rewards already assigned to our names. Scripture reminds us that weapons will form against us—but they will never prosper. This truth assures us that the story has already been written with victory in mind. Read more>>
