It's not about what happens to you.

No one escapes adversity.

No one lives free of discomfort or misfortune or struggle.

No, it will always be about what you do with what happens to you.

In other words, it's not the event, it's the response.

Not the obstacle, but the ability to navigate around it.

Not the wave, but the ability to ride its momentum to something greater.

It is not what happens to you.

It is what you do about what happens to you.

The famous Roman emperor and stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius said,

You have power over your mind, not outside events.

Realize this and you will find strength.

And I think this realization comes down to the fact that there is always a way,

buried underneath it all, something powerful to leverage.

But getting to the value calls for a rewiring, a change in the questions that we ask.

Not how could this happen to me, but how can I be better tomorrow than I am now because

of what happened to me.

Not can I still be that person or accomplish what I set out to, but I am that person.

Now how will I adjust my path so that I get there?

We're operating within a world of value, limitless opportunity.

The difficulty simply pushes us to that value faster, expedites the process, it forces us to open our eyes and see that the world works for us.

So you take, for example, the fear of starting something new.

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