With all the focus on success it’s easy to overlook the valuable lessons we can learn from the more difficult parts of our journey. Below, you’ll find some very interesting insights from some of the most fascinating members of the community.
Katie Kottmeyer
Suffering taught me that if you really want something, you can’t just hope it shows up on your doorstep – you have to fight for it, pour yourself into it, and keep going even when it’s exhausting and unfair. Read More>>
John Baine
Suffering is the secret sauce—the greatest teacher life can offer. It’s not something you should seek out, but when it finds you, you have to sit with it, reluctantly, and learn. Suffering is to be embraced, then released, leaving only the lessons behind. I’m deeply Catholic and, in many ways, deeply Buddhist. Both have taught me that suffering is universal—everyone is carrying pain. Read More>>
Ruthie Cordia
Always be grateful. Be grateful for what you have now and what you will have in the future. Suffering will remind you that nothing is permanent. Things can be gone in a moment. Success tends to make you feel on top of the world, sometimes we can forget about all the things we should be grateful for. Read More>>
Patricia Ruiloba Gitto
Even though we could experience so much pain in our lives, as losing someone, or getting injured, etc., then we don’t become aware and try to seek for more information. Most of the time we only try to “fix” or find the easiest solution to our problems, but life is far from being easy. Read More>>
Kia Campbell
Suffering? — I’d prefer humbling experiences. I don’t believe I’ve suffered in this life, although things do get bad it can always be worse. I feel my circumstances has taught me gratitude, patience, reconciliation, reliance and forgiveness. Although, sure you can be taught that at the heights of your success. Read More>>
Keyshawn Gilbert
Suffering has a funny way of building someone for success…. Through my suffering I realized who I was and what I need to be able to maintain the vast amount of success that I strive for. Read More>>
Laura-Lee Whitelaw
Wow. What a powerful question. For me, the deepest growth—the kind that shifts your soul—didn’t come in the moments of success. It came through suffering. When life is running smoothly, we tend to settle in. We assume it will always be that way, and we rarely stop to question the “how” or the “why.” But suffering has a way of shaking us awake. Read More>>
