Is challenge our friend or enemy?

When you face challenges and problems do they cause destruction or are they in fact

what's needed to promote, increase and strengthen us?

We have all heard that under immense amount of pressure and time diamonds are created. The same is true with the challenges and pressures we face in life, even though some of us let it crush us into tiny pieces and fragment's....

... it's actual purpose is to strengthen us. REALLY??? Think of a time you have made massive strides forwards in your life, I am almost certain the driving force came from extreme pressures that left us with no choice but to adapt and strengthen. Jim Rohn famously said: 'Don't wish it was EASIER, wish you where BETTER' Overcoming challenges and failures is the only route to success.