The easiest thing to do is jump ship when things do not go your way, especially if you worked hard to try and reach a specific goal. Everything is cause and effect, when adversity strikes there is a reason why it did. Instead of asking "why me?" the real question should be how can I learn from this. For most people this is very counterintuitive and it doesn't make you feel good. But this is not about feeling good, its about finding the truth! My personal experience with adversity has taught me some of my best lessons. On my journey of playing basketball I had to deal with this in all aspects even to this day. When I first started dealing with it I was in denial about the results I was getting because it didn't align with what I wanted. For example me getting cut from my high school team 3 out of my 4 years didn't align with what I wanted. And the one year I was going to play I blew my knee out. All of this was the very start to my journey and if I would've listen to everyone else I wouldn't be able to present the message I'm putting forth at this very moment. Adversity is a tool you can very well use to learn from rather than quitting and moving on to the next endeavor. I was able to take this trait and apply it to different things in my life outside of basketball because it was being built in me. Its not easy when it seems like everything that you're doing is not panning out how you thought it would in your head, but that's the beauty in creating. Learn how to be even kill towards all of life circumstances and you will learn that there's beauty in everything, even when it seems like there's no light at the end of the tunnel. Press on, because its a lot of you that's undiscovered and your ego don't want you to discover it. Some times your ego much rather have complacency rather than the truth because it is what you're comfortable with. Adversity is a true test to see whether you want to grow or not. There is no in between when it comes to that. Next time you meet with adversity, look at it through a different lens than you typically would. Focus on the solution rather than the problem and you will be surprised on what your mind will be able to conjure up. Love you all and don't forget to SERVE YOUR PURPOSE EVERYDAY!
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