The question was asked how do you handle adversities?
Answer: (Mindset) There is a big difference between gratitude and appreciation. Gratitude keeps you connected to your past struggles and pains while allowing others to embrace and accept your new position in life without them feeling insecure, jealous and or resentful. Gratitude nestles with the acceptance or the fact that you have had some past struggles and overcame some tremendous adversity. Therefore, it's okay now that things are better and your current situation has changed. It's the haters giving you permission to have a little modicum of success now. Remember that some people can only handle one dimension of you as long as that dimension remains beneath them.
While appreciation for your life's journey says, I am no longer obligated to have the ID card of pain to identify or associate with my past because I have clearly accepted and understood my current position. I have taken responsibility for the mistakes I made in my past. I am learning to appreciate my life without feeling obligated to justify my journey or prove my worthiness to be in a position of strength regardless, if others around me understand it or not. It's looking to my future without the umbilical cord of pain. It's living my life in and with true optimism. ~ Lori M.
I don't need to prove my pain or earn my struggles in order for 'you' to justify or validate my triumphs.~ Lori M.