Maturation through Adversity

“There were many really hard times, yet looking back on the experience, it is clear to me that something precious was forged in the fires of our adversity. This is one of the great mysteries of life: like the metaphors from alchemy where fire transforms one element into another, life’s greatest challenges change us forever. When life catapults us into crisis, we touch the archetypal themes of what it really means to be human. This is where the personal and the universal meet.”

Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle. “Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows. A Couple’s Journey through Alzheimer’s.” Penguin, NY, 2008.

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