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Adversity is only as difficult as you allow it to be!

There has been a term around since 1997 coined "Adversity Quotient".  This basically states our capacity to deal with adversities or how we respond to challenges.  We all handle change and challenges differently as we process the information at different levels.  What is your level of adversity?  How do you respond to challenges that face you?  Have you ever observed a situation where an issue hits several individuals at the same time?  What happens?  Some of the individuals begin to panic, others get stressed to some degree and yet others take an "I can do" attitude.  But weren't they all hit with the same issue? We determine the degree of difficulty in our issues we face based on our approach.  We either can allow the issue to consume us or we can accept the issue and consume it.  Let me give you an example:  I was 20 years old and had just finished the Spring semester at college.  I was out riding my bike on an 8 mile trek...