With all the focus on success it’s easy to overlook the valuable lessons we can learn from the more difficult parts of our journey. Below, you’ll find some very interesting insights from some of the most fascinating members of the community.
Wendy Alguera
Suffering stripped away everything that wasn’t real. It humbled me, softened me, and taught me how to surrender. While success gave me confidence, suffering gave me wisdom. It reminded me that grace lives in the quiet, in the broken places, and in the moments where you have no one but God and your own breath. Read more>>
Stephanie Pedrayes
Suffering taught me what success never could. It taught me that with God’s grace, I am capable of surviving and thriving through anything. At just 26, right when life felt like it was falling perfectly into place, in the middle of grad school, getting engaged, planning a wedding, everything was shaken by a diagnosis of kidney failure and the journey to a kidney transplant. Read more>>
Devin Vance
Suffering taught me patience and perspective in a way that success never could. In business, especially when you’re building something from the ground up, there are times when you’re doing everything right — and still things don’t go your way. I’ve had moments where jobs fell through, money was tight, and it felt like no one was noticing the effort I was putting in. Read more>>
Jay Zeager
In between a couple stops in my radio career, I was at the lowest point of my life where I had no money, no prospects and didn’t feel real good about myself. I remember one day feeling especially down and wondering if there was a light at the end of the tunnel. It felt like one rejection after another. Read more>>
Christina Eileen
One hundred percent – that relationships in this world matter more than anything else. I would rather have precious moments with someone I love and cherish than monetary or notoriety success that is fleeting. Read more>>
Samantha Montes
Suffering taught me the importance of resilience and never giving up on myself. While success can be validating, it never pushed me to dig deep the way suffering did. It was in my lowest and challenging moments that I learned how to ground myself. Success can bring confidence, but suffering gave me perspective. Read more>>
Sean Mungin
Suffering has taught me lessons that success never could. One of the biggest is that failure and hardship are simply part of life and that to maintain a healthy, grounded mindset, you have to learn to accept them, sometimes even laugh through them. Read more>>
Dr. Jennifer Cruz
Suffering taught me presence. It brought me to my knees in ways success never could. When everything felt heavy, uncertain, or broken, I had no choice but to be still, to feel it fully, and to listen to what life was really asking of me. Suffering taught me discernment, to know the difference between what looks good and what feels true. Read more>>
Leo Tank
Suffering teaches you to let go, sometimes we wait until we feel that suffering to let go, but that teaches you to identify those things that brings you suffering and teaches you to let go before that happens again. Read more>>
