Melissa Joy

The point of adversity is not that you’ll “learn valuable lessons.” Rather, the point is that by going through the challenges and difficulties of life, you may develop the sense, over time, that you’re the kind of person who can handle these things. You’re bigger than you think you are. Once you come to that realization, you begin to see the challenges that open you to the hugeness of your soul as perfect. You begin to feel less threatened by these challenges. You begin to feel safe. The universe is no longer a place that hurls daggers at you; it’s a place that hurls at you opportunities for expanding your heart, opening your love, and growing your leadership.