Marver O. Bolonia

BENEFITS OF TRIALS IN LIFE Life is not always about being happy. It is also about struggles, pains and problems. At some point of our lives, we need to deal and to overcome with a hardship or obstacle. It is necessary in the process of growing up as the Chinese Proverb said, “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” How to overcome those trials in life? The only way to overcome challenges in life is to face it. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”– according to Kenji Miyazawa. Avoiding it would not solve anything. Just like taking an exam, you would not pass the test unless you study hard and be there on the examination day. “He who doesn’t want to face his challenges shall always face challenges!”– Ernest Agyemang Yeboa Just be optimistic in life. Even trials and failures have also benefits. According to some authors these are the benefits of life challenges or adversities you may face now. 1. Make a new version of you. Stronger and the better you. “And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”– Haruki Murakami “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”– Rikkie Rogers “We acquire the strength we have overcome.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson “I really believe in the old expression that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. It’s through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.”– Christie Brinkley “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” —Eleanor Roosevelt 2. Know yourself more “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.”– Bernice Johnson Reagon “Sometimes you’ve got to experience the ugly inside yourself to discover the beauty inside yourself.” —Dean Bokhari 3. Reach your goals “Some people will just go with the flow of things and sway in life, while others will fight against the currents and go upstream to reach their destiny.”– Anthony Liccione “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”– Robert Kennedy 4. Acquire happiness and a feeling of accomplishments “It’s part of life to have obstacles. It’s about overcoming obstacles; that’s the key to happiness.”– Herbie Hancock “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.”– Susan Gale 5. Build your character “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”– Khalil Gibran “As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin “Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”– Martha Graham After those stormy days, your life would not the same anymore. It would unleash the best version of yourself. Strongest and tested by the challenges of life. Now, savor the benefits of adversities you had passed. No challenges in life could ever conquer you.