What is Adversity?

In simple terms Adversity can be stated as being an unfortunate event.

A broken cup or plate in the kitchen, a punctured tyre on the car, a sprained ankle playing tennis, missing the last bus home, losing your door keys, discovering that you have left your money at home when you come to pay at the supermarket check out, a burst pipe flooding your home, or coming home and finding you have been burgled.

In dictionary / thesaurus terms Adversity is defined as the obstacles, barriers, mountains, upsets, challenges, setbacks, afflictions, bad luck, calamities, disaster, misery, catastrophes, distress, hardship, ill-fortune, misfortune, woe, mishaps, sorrow, suffering, trials and troubles that we face in our lives.

Adversity manifests itself in many ways, a close friend is very ill, you and your family argue creating a distance between you, the project you are working on goes terribly wrong, you don’t get the important job you were expecting to get, a member of your family is terminally ill, you get a bad performance review at work, you have to relocate your home or lose your job, your doctor tells you that you have a very high cholesterol level, you miss your flight while travelling abroad, your car runs out of petrol on the way to a very important meeting, you lose a lot of money on a bad investment, you are made redundant from work, etc.

Losing a loved one, experiencing financial hardship, are also examples of Adversity.

Adversity is around us all the time, but it is the way we respond to it that determines if we are to succeed or fail in life.

We should not be concerned about, or live in fear of Adversity. Instead we should welcome it as an opportunity to succeed.

The people that experience fulfilment in their lives have had to endure many of the same adverse situations, but because they have a love of life, have had inspirational ideas and had faith in the outcome of their endeavours, they have overcome these adversities.

The ability to transform adversity into a challenge or opportunity is one of the traits that are a virtue of mankind.

	Home	In simple terms Adversity can be stated as being an unfortunate event. A broken cup or plate in the kitchen, a punctured tyre on the car, a sprained ankle playing tennis, missing the last bus home, losing your door keys, discovering that you have left your money at home when you come to pay at the supermarket check out, a burst pipe flooding your home, or coming home and finding you have been burgled. In dictionary / thesaurus terms Adversity is defined as the obstacles, barriers, mountains, upsets, challenges, setbacks, afflictions, bad luck, calamities, disaster, misery, catastrophes, distress, hardship, ill-fortune, misfortune, woe, mishaps, sorrow, suffering, trials and troubles that we face in our lives. Adversity manifests itself in many ways, a close friend is very ill, you and your family argue creating a distance between you, the project you are working on goes terribly wrong, you don’t get the important job you were expecting to get, a member of your family is terminally ill, you get a bad performance review at work, you have to relocate your home or lose your job, your doctor tells you that you have a very high cholesterol level, you miss your flight while travelling abroad, your car runs out of petrol on the way to a very important meeting, you lose a lot of money on a bad investment, you are made redundant from work, etc. Losing a loved one, experiencing financial hardship, are also examples of Adversity. Adversity is around us all the time, but it is the way we respond to it that determines if we are to succeed or fail in life. We should not be concerned about, or live in fear of Adversity. Instead we should welcome it as an opportunity to succeed. The people that experience fulfilment in their lives have had to endure many of the same adverse situations, but because they have a love of life, have had inspirational ideas and had faith in the outcome of their endeavours, they have overcome these adversities. The ability to transform adversity into a challenge or opportunity is one of the traits that are a virtue of mankind.
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	Success in life and the prosperity that follows it, are fully determined by the ability of people to improve how they are able to quickly respond to and Overcome Adversity.