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Buddhism & Live Through a Difficult Situation

Life is full of unexpected suffering. Even so, as Eleanor Roosevelt said,

‘If you can live through that [a difficult situation] you can live through anything.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face,

You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through the horror.

I can take the next thing that comes along.’

That’s exactly right. Struggling against great difficulty enables us to develop ourselves tremendously. We can call forth and manifest those abilities lying dormant within us. Difficulty can be a source dynamic growth and positive progress.

(Credit Daisaku Ikeda for the philosophy)