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If we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there; we can try to feel okay about it – Stephen Chbosky

Many people don’t have the best of childhoods and wish they could have chosen their roots. However, it is great that as adults we can choose where we go from the childhoods that we had. You can make better choices for yourself and feel perfectly OK about them.

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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity – Seneca

A great man struggling against adversity is truly a brave sight. As he struggles, he inspires others to step up they are encouraged to face their own adversities. A great man becomes even greater through the adversity is that he experiences. Be grateful for the tough times that have made you into who you are today.

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A problem is a chance for you to do your best – Duke Ellington

Your challenges give you a chance to show up as best you can for yourself and your life. If you don’t do your best, fall on your face, or make mistakes, that’s OK. Learn the lessons you need to so that you move onto a better version of yourself and can handle the next problem that presents itself.

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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self – Aldous Huxley

You have control over yourself. You can control nothing else in the entire universe. Are you doing what the universe wants you to do with what you have been given? You owe it to everyone to do what you can.

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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.” – General George S. Patton

General Patton knows a few things about success. There are obvious obstacles to entry when following your dreams. If you can find a way to accept that challenge, then you will appreciate that feeling of victory when you finally achieve your dreams.

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“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

If you want to get better at anything, you have to accept change. Change is a natural and beautiful process that leads to growth both internally and externally. Without that change, you would become stagnant and stale. Stop holding on to the status quo, that’s not achieving anything.

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“Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn’t take any brains to complain.” – Robert A. Cook

If you listen closely to groups of people talk, you may hear many of them all complaining together. Misery does love company, right? Complaining is small thinking, but being positive is grand. Offer some kind of positive outlook on the topic, or offer a solution and see how that makes you feel.

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“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw

The most important aspect of change is that it starts within. If we only focus on outward change, then we will always be discouraged, confused, and even lost. If we allow those outward changes to bring opportunity, we can grow through them and become even stronger. Don’t be afraid to change.

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“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – Epictetus

If we were never challenged, we would never learn anything! You can pick up some of the most valuable lessons from your life’s challenges. You have a chance to become wise after going through arduous times. Look at it like school – The School of Life.

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“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

If anyone knows about this, it’s Albert. Every single challenge you face has something in it that is of value to you, should you choose to see it. It goes along with the saying about every cloud having a silver lining. Learn and grow from your troubles and you will only be empowered because of it.

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