Prevail: Discover Your Strength in Hard Places

This lifetime is yours, just yours. You may be involved in relationships and love others, but basically what you make of your life and how you pass through it is your evolution. That is why adversity is useful. In desperation, we begin to pull on our unlimited power; and we realize that anything can be changed, that suffering is a product of the in

When adversity comes, they welcome it, knowing that it will deepen their relationship with higher forces. Their reward is the ever-present support of something greater than themselves. This gives them an unshakeable confidence. They live bigger, fuller lives than they ever imagined they could—and they inspire others to do the same.

This explains why adversity doesn’t stop even after we move forward; adversity is the only way the universe can increase our inner strength. Everyone understands that, to develop a muscle, you must subject the muscle to resistance—in the form of a heavy weight. Essentially, adversity is the “weight” against which you develop your inner strength.