To overcome adverse circumstances, you have to learn to overcome your own hang-ups, values, and idiosyncrasies in order to value other people, cultures, and ideas.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.
Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.
You have setbacks in your life, and adversity. You can be discouraged about it or have courage to get through it and be better.
When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
Talking through troubles, staying calm in the face of adversity, that's what my father taught me. It's an invaluable lesson because there's no shortage of adversity and mistakes to be dealt with.
Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.
It takes obstacles to learn, grow, be better.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.