How do we make new and restorative of soul the old pain? How do we learn to carry with grace and humor all that has happened to us?

I already had my bad luck,' she say. 'I had enough to keep me laughing the rest of my life.

RESISTANCE IS THE SECRET OF JOY! it says in huge block letters.

They'd been attacked by lions, stampeded by elephants, flooded out by rains, made war on by "natives." The tales they told were simply incredible. There they sat on a heavily antimacassared horsehair sofa, two prim and proper ladies in ruffles and lace, telling these stupendous stories over tea.

What I love best bout her is what she been through, I say. When you look in her eyes you know she been where she been, seen what she seen, did what she did. And now she know.

A burnt finger remember the fire.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

Certainly, none of us enjoy going through struggles, but you have to understand that your struggle may be an opportunity for advancement and promotion. The very thing you are fighting against so tenaciously may be the springboard that catapults you to a new level of excellence. Your challenges may become your greatest assets.

Certainly there are times in all of our lives when bad things happen, or things don't turn out as we had hoped. But that's when we we must a decision that we're going to be happy inspite of our circumstances.

Often, out of our greatest rejection comes our greatest direction.

I'm not going to get upset. I'm not going to let people steal my joy.

The people who are trying to make you look bad, and He can use them to promote you.