Life has been all about making it through various rites of passage. Passing school exams, gaining acceptance of people you admire, getting through university, losing loved ones, difficult romantic relationships, jobs, financial hardships, divorce, retrenchment and sickness, just to name a few.
And the point of all these rigorous and sometimes painfully memorable experiences is to make sure that you become tough enough to stand the tests of time that will keep coming your way. No doubt after each experience you emerge slightly more aware of yourself, slightly more fearless, slightly more knowledgeable slightly more confident in yourself and slightly thicker in skin. And as time goes by, the incidents become less significant and the lessons learnt become more important.
You are your own maker and whether you know it or not, you are in the process of shaping your character even right now. So don't be afraid to take chances, fall, lose and get hurt. Just stand up, dust yourself and move forward, 'cos this ain't the last time you will have to do it.
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