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.
Rachel Wilson
Suffering has been one of my greatest teachers. It taught me patience, humility, and relatability. I’ve endured many hardships, from losing loved ones to facing rejection. Although painful, those experiences shaped me into who I am today. Through suffering, I learned patience—understanding that some things take longer than expected and trusting God’s timing instead of my own. Read more>>
Terran Eaton
I never forget when I was in an emotional low. I had just got off of a gaslighting situation where I was being verbally abused. She said my life was like a leaf in the wind no direction after my apologies or my sweet spirited messages to encourage. All I was to her was useless because I was broke. Read more>>
Mike Diamond
Suffering rather than success taught me so much. In times, it’s almost hard to relay, but one of the most important lessons was empathy, understanding the pain of another human being. That’s not to say I had a lack thereof prior, but I feel like it created a degree of understanding that initially I could not access. Read more>>
Kindale Clark
I never really view it as suffering.I see it as the necessary work that shapes the journey to success. The challenges, long hours, and sacrifices have taught me resilience, discipline, and patience in ways that pure success never could. Success is the reward, but the work the grind, the lessons, the setbacks that’s where the real growth happens Read more>>
Felicia Williams Brown
What lessons did my suffering impart that success never could? Everyone experiences pain, and no one’s hardship is greater or lesser than another’s. Read more>>
Mitchell Webb
Although I have struggled as a business owner suffering is not the word I would use. In order to succeed you need to struggle. Struggling teaches us how to push through and how to have critical thinking skills. One thing I have struggled with as a business owner is finding clients early on. Read more>>
JaNayasia Kelly
Suffering will teach you to never be comfortable, always continue to work for the next thing. It made me dig deeper within myself than I ever have. Tested me harder than I could imagine, but within that came my strength. Read more>>
Mike Pennino
Man… I really like this question because this is something I’ve noticed more and more as I’ve gotten older. Sometimes suffering can actually be a gift and a blessing. In no way am I saying that we should seek out suffering. That’s dumb. Truth is sometimes God allows us to suffer or struggle in order to grow us or teach us. Read more>>
Lizzie Easton Montes
After journeying through cancer I feel so strongly that you can’t transform/heal or change without true challenge or suffering.You can’t fully appreciate joy unless you have experienced sadness.The most challenging things I have been through in this lifetime have carved me into a better me.i wouldn’t go back & not go through it all knowing where it landed me.(I don’t want to go through it again!) Read more>>
Mary Angelini
Suffering taught me lessons that success never could. When doors kept closing for Gabi after high school, it was painful to watch her face rejection again and again — not because of her abilities, but because of a system that couldn’t see them. Read more>>
Puddin Ladii
Suffering taught me how to build with broken pieces. It showed me how to create joy even when life feels heavy, and how to keep going when the path isn’t clear. While success is beautiful, it doesn’t ask the deep questions suffering does—it doesn’t stretch you in the same way. Read more>>
