Adversity has countless forms, as such, each person’s experiences and opinions regarding adversity are different. The Merriam-webster definition for adversity is “a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune”. Regarding this definition, we can interpret adversities create an intense, negative emotional response. We become angry, embarrassed, humiliated, depressed but if we utilize these emotions to overcome our individual tribulations (as Benjamin Franklin once said, “out of adversity comes opportunity”) we gain new opportunities and a better understanding of ourselves as well as our abilities/proficiencies. The image depicts the moment of success after an adversity with the subject looking at the bright future because
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When I moved to Edmonton I left behind a lot of friends, family, mentors, and models. My parents tried to encourage me, telling me I would have a new start and would be able to further improve myself. I, however, had the cliche belief, “don’t fix something if it is not broken”, my life was pretty good.and I did not want to start all over again. I remembered when I first moved to Toronto I spent three years alone because I could not speak English, I did not want to experience that forced seclusion again, so I started avoiding people and became depressed. However due to people approaching me I gradually began to make new friends in the community, However, due to early years of isolation, my subconscious made it difficult for me to interact with a new community and so it took a few years and slow progress for me to continue interacting with people like I used to. When I finally became like my past self I was glad I went through the experience because it helped me discover my personality. The adversity of isolation helped me develop fortitude and gratitude towards other people. I overcame my tribulation and better understood my own self, The image represents my insight in regarding the feeling of accomplishment for overcoming adversity and strengthening ourselves. Adversity in our lives plays the role of strengthening and growing us into mature
When I moved to Edmonton I left behind a lot of friends, family, mentors, and models. My parents tried to encourage me, telling me I would have a new start and would be able to further improve myself. I, however, had the cliche belief, “don’t fix something if it is not broken”, my life was pretty good.and I did not want to start all over again. I remembered when I first moved to Toronto I spent three years alone because I could not speak English, I did not want to experience that forced seclusion again, so I started avoiding people and became depressed. However due to people approaching me I gradually began to make new friends in the community, However, due to early years of isolation, my subconscious made it difficult for me to interact with a new community and so it took a few years and slow progress for me to continue interacting with people like I used to. When I finally became like my past self I was glad I went through the experience because it helped me discover my personality. The adversity of isolation helped me develop fortitude and gratitude towards other people. I overcame my tribulation and better understood my own self, The image represents my insight in regarding the feeling of accomplishment for overcoming adversity and strengthening ourselves. Adversity in our lives plays the role of strengthening and growing us into mature