If you live long enough, you learn a simple, sad fact. Individual adversity does not necessarily build individual character. In other words, spend enough time in the real world and you'll see people experience enormous challenges — like the loss of a spouse, the loss of a job, or severe illness — and quite simply collapse. They'll disappear into the fog of depression. They'll succumb to addiction. They'll nurse a permanent sense of grievance that renders them incapable of maintaining functional human relationships. In other words, the old phrase, "That which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" is often a lie. A positive reaction to adversity isn't inevitable ...
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