30 Days of Gratitude: Day 17 - Struggle

I know what you are thinking - why would anyone be grateful for struggle? Here's a few reasons why:

• Builds character
• Makes you humble
• Gives you perspective
• Motivates you to work harder
• Shows you how to fend for yourself, yet still accept responsibility
• When you have struggled, life without it is easy. If you have never struggled, you have never felt the reality and pain of everyday life. Then life's not so easy.
• Opens the door for self-reflection
• Doesn't allow you to take things for granted and makes you think about what you have
• Doesn't make you long for what you don't have
• Requires that you survive the situation
• Hopefully, makes your later years in life more enjoyable
• Helps you learn, constantly

Can you think of other reasons one would be grateful for struggle? Living is worth the struggle, I think.