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.
Deonne Moore
Suffering taught me to cherish everything—especially the things most people take for granted. In August 2025, I lost my 16-year-old son to cancer. This was his second battle, and during the year leading up to his passing, I gave up everything to be by his side. I stopped teaching, shut down my business, and withdrew from the world. Read more>>
Omega Edwards
That it will never stop. In order for you to have success or victory in anything we must suffer. That’s what makes it worth wild. Suffering all the time makes you want to die and succeeding all the time eventually gets boring and too easy. So, having a balance between Suffering and Success… I embrace it all! Read more>>
Jackie Huebbe
I think so many previous generations saw struggle as this pivotal experience that made you better. People needed to struggle for their education, their art, their career positions. We need to work hard to make the future better with what we’re given, and a big part of that is alleviating struggles. Struggling with college tuition, housing, mental health… Read more>>
Kristin Mosley
Suffering, by definition, is the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. It strips you of pretense. It interrupts your timeline. It confronts every illusion you built about control, worth, or what you thought you deserved. Success will celebrate who you appear to be. Suffering will introduce you to who you really are. Suffering held up a mirror I couldn’t avoid. Read more>>
