Difficulties in life can be opportunities for growth
In a post on this blog dated May 8th, I talked about the difficult situations numerous of my friends were going through and wondered if: “their whole self, their spiritual self, has been trying to get them to enlarge their lives, pursue greater goals, and live healthier lifestyles, and after trying over and over again to get through to the person with gentle hints, longings, and desires to improve their lives, in the end, putting them in a difficult situation has motivated them … finally … to action.”
Interestingly, in an online Deseret News article about a Wyoming surgeon’s Near Death Experience, the surgeon says that her life has changed after being brought back to life. She now has a similar perspective and says that:
“Physical challenges can be opportunities for growth — I think that’s a valuable perspective to maintain. I wouldn’t have been able to do that before.”
