Take a moment to reflect on something from your past that was difficult, unpleasant, or even painful. It might have been truly challenging—perhaps even tragic—but somehow, in time, you ended up benefiting from it. You know those experiences that, while you’re in the thick of them, feel unbearable? Frustrating, painful, filled with loss or hardship. Yet when you look back, you realize that, despite all the difficulty, you grew. You learned something invaluable. Maybe you found sobriety, discovered meditation, started therapy—whatever it was, that hardship became the catalyst for positive change in your life.