Whoever likes adversity, please raise your hand.
No takers? I thought so.
Let's face it no one in their right mind likes adversity. Each of us does want smooth sailing and 100% cooperative relationships. But the fact remains that we human beings live in an imperfect and fallen world (although that certainly wasn't the case in the beginning), with imperfect and fallen people. Not only are people the problem, but often times it's Nature in the forms of bad weather, earthquakes, pestilence, etc. We are oftentimes surrounded by and in adversity.
And then in our desire to overcome, we fight it. Sometimes we win, sometimes we don't. Adversity (in whatever its form) will remain.
I personally don't like adversity. Not only does adversity suck, but it also sucks the life out of me. Sleep is lost. Confidence is lost. Potential good relationships are lost. Sometimes even health and wealth are lost. Over the last five years, I have been pounded by wave after wave of adversity; business shortfalls, teen issues with my children, loss of property, even severe health. And yet, here I am standing. A little battered. A little bruised. But standing none the less.
