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19. 
See Your Troubles as Blessings 
During the life leadership seminars I give, I often ask the participants this question: “Who would agree with me 
that we learn the most form our most difficult experiences?” Inevitably, nearly every hand in the room goes up. 
Given this, I often wonder why we, as human beings, spend so much of our lives focusing on the negative 
aspects of our most difficult experiences rather than seeing them for what they truly are:  our greatest teachers. 
 
You would not have the wisdom and knowledge you now possess were it not for the setbacks you have 
faxed, the mistakes you have made and the suffering you have endured. Once and for all, come to realize that 
pain is a teacher and failure is the highway to success. You cannot learn how to play the guitar without hitting a 
few wrong notes and you will never learn how to sail if you are not willing to tip the boat over a few times. 
Begin to see your troubles as blessings, resolve to transform your stumbling blocks into stepping stones and 
vow to turn your wounds into wisdom. 
 
Like most people, I have encountered my own share of pain as I have advanced along the path of life. 
But I always try to remind myself that our character is shaped, not through life’s easiest experiences, but during 
life’s toughest ones. It is during life’s mot trying times that we discover who we really are and the fullness of 
the strength that lies within us. If you are currently experiencing challenges of your own, I respectfully offer the 
following words of Rainer Maria Rilke, which have helped me greatly when life throws one of its curves my 
way: 
… have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the 
Questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. 
Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could 
not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present, you need to live the 
question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing 
the answer, some distant day. 
 
 

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