Overcoming Adversity

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Life is entirely what you make of it. If someone would have told me that a few years ago, I never would have believed it. Now, it’s a whole different story. Nobody in this world is exempt from facing challenges and hardships, which is something that I’ve come to accept rather early in life. So if everyone faces them, how am I any different from the next person? It’s not the adversity but rather the way in which a person responds to that adversity that truly defines them. Anyone can be faced with a hardship, but having what it takes to overcome it is what truly makes the difference. Growing up, my biggest challenge was overcoming my speech impediment. All throughout grade school, I had a hard time pronouncing the letter “R.” Any word that