“If there is no struggle there is no progress”
An orthopedic surgeon will tell you that a broken bone, if healed properly, is stronger that the original bone.
Did it ever occur to you that without rocks and pebbles in stream there would be no music of running water? It’s the obstacle in the path of water that causes the babbling brook.
If a stream is to be made useful and serviceable, what is the first thing to be done? The hidden power of the water much be released. Immediately an obstacle must be in its path – a dam must be built. That water is them backed up and given depth. Now the strength of its flow generates power. As a result factories can be operated and goods produced. The water now has begun to provide useful service. But remember, could have become useful in this manner without the obstacle in path?
You and I must form the habit of accepting discouragement and hardship as only greater opportunities. Just as there is no physical on earth strong enough to hold moving stream, there is no obstacle strong enough and powerful enough to hold back the stream of life. It the sand didn’t irritate the oyster, there would be no pearl.
