Hardships are the world’s way of coaxing the best out of you, saying, “Purify me! I dare you! Reveal my purpose!”
They are empowered by the most lofty, divine sparks that have fallen into the tightest, most hidden crevices of our world.
Those divine sparks know you can overcome their challenge, and thereby they will fulfill their purpose of being and be released.
Decions To Make
Being Purified and Elevated can only become a reality when a person must first, change his inner-being.
G-d Almighty has provided us all possibilities for one to choose from; such as, between the good and the bad..Bless you!!
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'friendly' hardships
well, to me, hitler and terrorism are not very friendly - but totally evil. and they sure haven't made us stronger - they've overpowered us. then and NOW. ??
personally, still trying to figure out the message here....so...they (friendly hardships) KNOW we will overcome them -- thereby, they will fulfill their purpose of being.... does that mean these friendly hardships' purposes are thrown to us specifically to strengthen us as individuals??
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So, is this the message of Hitler and terrorism today? Reply
Great! I agree 100%. I believe they come just in the perfect, right size; large enough to be bearable and in the right amount to be overcome. Sometimes, when we face them right away, we think we won´t be able to make it and weakness come all over us. But G-d is always there blowing the breath of life into us and enabling us to get over one more obstacle and be the happy winners He wants all of us to be. Shalom, brothers and sisters! Reply
Question Does this also applies to "internal" hardships? For example, when you feel extremely afraid of something that is not really big but to you is huge? Reply
Friendly Hardships My friends have asked me how I have been able to deal with all of the blows & hardships G-d has given me. My answer is: "Hindsight being 20/20, every challenge G-d has given me has been a way to make me stronger and able to help others who find themselves in similar situations and cannot find their way up and out." A very dear friend of mine who suffered tremendously with metastatic breast cancer always had a smile and used the phrase "Onward and Upward" whenever anyone asked how she was handling her situation. I agree with her sentiment. Reply
I think Hitler, terrorism, gun massacres, ethnic cleansing, horrific destruction or places and their people are not hardships. They are nothing like that. They are much. much worse.
No a hardship is the hard things we face day to day, the things that can be overcome, the things we can grow from and learn from and move on from.
I’m not sure what the harsher trials are about, why some and not others, the utter devastation they bring. Sure they can allow for transformation, but they are beyond mere hardship for sure. I wish they didn’t happen. At all.