'Often, it is our encounters with adversity that shake us up, shatter our illusions, and wake us to reality, so that we understand the brevity of time we have ahead of us.'
One lesson is about how precious and short life is, and how we shouldn't waste time in life on the stuff that doesn’t really matter. In a sense, that is the most essential of all the lessons because once that is learned, so much else follows automatically.
We know that it is a mistake to live in the past or the future too much and to make sure we are more present and in the now. We learn to enjoy the journey of life not only for what we achieve and its material success but simply for becoming ourselves and the excitement and challenge of personal growth. In essence, that is what it means to live a good life—a happy, rich, and fulfilling life..
But no one welcomes adversity even if it brings some greater wisdom about how to lead life. It is a painful exchange to have to make and often comes too late in life to make the most of. On one walk I used to take, I would pass one that had the quote from Proverbs:"Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth." Whatever else was going on for me, that quote would always be a reminder to put things into perspective.
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