Believe it or not, any adversity is a blessing in disguise.

Adversity can be a bitch as it keeps showing up. We need to learn how to use it to our advantage. It doesn’t matter how many setbacks you come across, it’s the comeback that will make your story stand the test of time. In sport, when the team is down by a substantial amount of points and come back to win it, these are the games that everyone always seems to remember.

Why is that? How can something so negative turn into something so great? ? Because you are all warriors, and grit is the proponent for growth. Every person you look up to in the world has gone through some sort of pain and earned that you must be persistent. Everything happens for a reason.

At the end of the day, it’s going to be okay! For a short time, it may seem like the worst feeling to endure, but know that soon you will have overcome that pitfall! Your mission is to keep getting back up after every fall to the point it’s habit and becomes knowledge so when something similar happens again, you’ll know exactly what to do. The experience can also let you help a friend who might be going through a tough time, like yours. Your guidance will be invaluable because you can relate to what your friend is feeling.

You may look at these moments as failures, but they’re not. They’re simply experiments that didn’t go as planned. Overcoming every obstacle is the greatest strength you can get. Your neural pathways should be so accustomed to your response and attitude toward the situation that stress will become your best friend. It won’t feel like a big deal, knowing your resilience is settling in like concrete. You’re starting to become unbreakable. That is why greatness means rising above the turmoil, no matter how bad you have it.