All Entries in the "Hard Times" Category
Do We Need Adversity to Grow?
Could it be that we need experiences, even, maybe, a bit of adversity, to grow to our fullest? It proved to be true for the trees in Biosphere II after all. If you don’t recall, Biosphere II was the multi-million-dollar project of a totally enclosed ecosystem. What happened was the trees [...]
Winston Churchill said: “If you are going through hell, keep going.”
The night before my apartment burned down, I was lying in my bed weeping and praying for a less chaotic life. My life was adrift and I was collecting bad habits as I moved aimlessly through it. I was smoking and drinking to excess and was in a bad, on-again, off-again, relationship with a boyfriend. [...]
“Just an Inch Past Splat”
We are not very good at predicting how we’ll feel about a given situation until we’re in it. This is true about any dramatic change in our lives – A job loss, love loss or a disability.
I remember an article in the New Yorker that talked about the near immediate regret Golden Gate Bridge [...]