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Makes Us Stronger

Makes Us Stronger

Resistance makes us stronger.

See, I go to the gym and I lift weights two, sometimes three, times per week.

All that struggle against the resistance, to be honest, hurts me a little bit.

My muscles tear and I am often sore the following day.

But my muscles grow back stronger. And I am eventually able to lift more weight for longer periods.

I think the obstacles in life are much the same.

But this is not without risk, I mean, I have torn my bicep at the gym too.

Character is both formed and revealed when we are tested, when we are forced to make decisions under pressure. That test can either make us stronger or it can highlight our weaknesses and crack us into pieces.

-Bryan Cranston, A Life In Parts

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