Life, as they say, happens in all colours. Well, actually, it was I who said that in one of my older posts. I figured that from the moment we are born to the moment we die, life throws at us, a plethora of good and bad situations, ranging in emotions like the colours of a rainbow.

It’s this dynamic nature of life that makes it so beautiful in my opinion. As they say, you wouldn’t know the value of light, if you never experienced darkness. You wouldn’t appreciate happiness, if you were never sad.

And that is the point of this post. During times of adversities, when the roller coaster of life is taking you down with it, you tend to feel lost, the very meaning of life and also why it happens time and again.

That’s all natural and no one can be blamed for feeling so. I do however, would like to suggest, if I can, to remember something in those times, which we quite often forget.

Turn Your Adversity Into Stepping Stones

There is something that my mom likes to say quite often, “As gold becomes purer and purer the more it is put through fire, we human beings also get stronger and stronger the more adversities we face.”

It is things like these that keep me going even in the most horrible of circumstances in life. And it is things like these that have taught me that even adversities can serve their purpose in our lives for our growth and development.

What do we do when bad times befall us? We do whatever we can to look for a way out, right? We search for solutions. This might entail enhancing some of our skillset or networking with new people, or to explore the unexplored venues, or any of the other hundred things.

The point is that adversities force us to come out of our familiarity bubble, and while that might be scary, it is the very thing that makes us grow. I mean think about it, every time you went through a rough phase, you came out stronger and more confident, didn’t you?

It’s All About The Mindset

Our default mindset is that we hate the rough patches of life because of course, no one likes to be sad and tensed. Everyone wants to be happy and joyful. But we need to change our mindsets a little.

We need to recognise that adversities are a fact of life and they will come, sooner or later. Better embrace them as an opportunity to learn and grow, than to shrivel up and do nothing.

After all, life is all about learning new things, becoming someone more and these are the ingredients for success and to achieve your dreams. Sometimes our own dreams require us to be the person capable of handling them as reality.

So, change your perspective a little and try to find something positive even during the darkest of hours. It really helps to have that realisation that one day, those moments will come in handy as ladders to success.