Adversity comes to us unbidden — it doesn’t matter whether or not we’re following a spiritual path. We have the choice of how we respond to adversity. Ann Landers summed it up in these words:

“If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you, you cannot defeat me.'” 

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The Power of Self-Confidence
Brian Tracy