They are created under pressure and become very hardened.
There is a lesson for us that the formation of a diamond can teach about ourselves and our approach to adversity. It’s all about the development of our coping skills.
How do you react to traumatic situations? Do you lose control of your emotions or are you able to be a positive example to those who observe your response through tough times?
Those, who have developed strong coping skills, are more quickly able to find solutions to a bad situation. Because there are many unknowns about our collective future, it is a desirable self-preservation technique to try to continually improve our ability to cope.
We cannot choose which troubling challenges may come our way, but we can choose how to cope with them.
If not today, when?
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