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What Is Adversity?

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“Stop worrying about what you have to lose, and start focusing on what you have to gain.” That is a quote that I use all of the time, and I think it fits perfectly with this topic. Adversity, I think that we as Americans talk a lot about adversity when we don’t really realize it. All of these 3 passages fit the adversity topic. Everyone has a different mind perspective, they think different about things, act different for other things. People also have different ways of dealing with those things. Nobody likes stressful situations, one of these 3 articles will talk to you about how you can help yourself with that. The passage The Bright Side of Sadness has adversity in it. Human beings to me are all one of a kind and we all have our similarities
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