Damn. It’s really impressive you were able to turn that treatment around into such a motivating force.
I often half-jokingly say I am raising my kids too cushy for them to ever create something extraordinary. Extraordinary achievements take extraordinary effort, and history seems to show the necessary drive for extraordinary efforts comes from brutal lessons that teach endurance and perseverance.
Or as the saying goes…
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.
I often half-jokingly say I am raising my kids too cushy for them to ever create something extraordinary. Extraordinary achievements take extraordinary effort, and history seems to show the necessary drive for extraordinary efforts comes from brutal lessons that teach endurance and perseverance.
Or as the saying goes…
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.