I used to be like everyone else a couple years ago. I wanted - no, I CRAVED - the simple life. I was tired of doing the hard things, of always pushing forward, of always having to expend energy facing the challenges in my life.

What I've come to realize (and what has become clear to me relatively recently), is that my obstacles and hardships forge me into a stronger version of me who can literally do anything she puts her mind to. I'm not going to sit here and say that I honestly love when difficult situations come up, but I am going to say I see the value in them and embrace them with less resistance than I used to in the past.

For it's through us overcoming challenges that we realize how powerful we are.