You get to pick the person you get to become...
You say "I want to be the most courageous"
Then you will be given monsters to
terrify you so that you can conquer them.
You say " You want to be patient"
Then you will be made to work harder and longer, so you can learn to wait.
You say "You want to be wise"
Then you will be give failures that will
crush your spirit so you can learn the value of judgment.
You then say... "That sounds like a rough life. I need a good life"
Just like we measure the quality of a
blacksmith by the strength of his steel.
We are measured by what we are at the end, not the fire and the hammer it
took to make us.
A good life isn't a life that's easy.
A good life makes you into a good person.
And that, is a hard life at first before it becomes easy.
Don't ever, ever, ever, ever give up, keep on going!