The path of mastery is paved with obstacles. Instead of fearing them or resisting we can adopt a more useful mindset, bend like the willow and learn to dance with adversity.
I've just come across a 3 minute 57 seconds video by someone called Shawn Boland that talks about the value of adversity in a much more in your face and straightforward way. I particularly like this part:
"Adversity is the great master teacher and the master comes wearing the cloak of suffering. Suffering is an aversion to what is. The greater the aversion, the greater the suffering. What’s pain for one is pleasure for another."
A Philosophy for Leveraging Adversity
I've just come across a 3 minute 57 seconds video by someone called Shawn Boland that talks about the value of adversity in a much more in your face and straightforward way. I particularly like this part:
"Adversity is the great master teacher and the master comes wearing the cloak of suffering. Suffering is an aversion to what is. The greater the aversion, the greater the suffering. What’s pain for one is pleasure for another."
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqPIh8owHoI