Comments on: Do We Need Adversity to Grow / Part II http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/05/21/do-we-need-adversity-to-grow-part-ii/ From The Ground Up Thought Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: LisaDroesdov http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/05/21/do-we-need-adversity-to-grow-part-ii/#comment-115 LisaDroesdov Thu, 22 May 2008 18:07:42 +0000 http://whynotrachel.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-115 I saw that post on Disaboom. Great discussion it provoked! I do think we all need adversity... but that sure doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. We all have our levels at which something is just too much, or just too easy. I saw that post on Disaboom. Great discussion it provoked! I do think we all need adversity… but that sure doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. We all have our levels at which something is just too much, or just too easy.

]]> By: Beth LaMie http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/05/21/do-we-need-adversity-to-grow-part-ii/#comment-114 Beth LaMie Thu, 22 May 2008 18:07:19 +0000 http://whynotrachel.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-114 That's a great point about helping the chicks open their shells. That makes me think about going thru physical therapy. I finally got back into better physical shape by using weights & resistance training. There might have been a less intense (and less painful) way to do it, but working hard on it every day finally led to excellent results. Now if I can just keep on doing some exercises to get the rest of my tired old body into better shape. ;-) That’s a great point about helping the chicks open their shells. That makes me think about going thru physical therapy. I finally got back into better physical shape by using weights & resistance training.

There might have been a less intense (and less painful) way to do it, but working hard on it every day finally led to excellent results.

Now if I can just keep on doing some exercises to get the rest of my tired old body into better shape. ;-)

]]> By: Barbara http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/05/21/do-we-need-adversity-to-grow-part-ii/#comment-113 Barbara Thu, 22 May 2008 06:35:12 +0000 http://whynotrachel.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-113 Thinking about a science experiment a teacher did with hatching eggs. In one group of eggs the chicks had a hard time getting out and the children helped them by pulling away pieces of the shell. In the other, they let the chicks fight their way out. The first group died in a few days. The second lived, because fighting their way out of the shell got their lungs to work. And that made me realize that although those chicks might have called the hardness of the shells adversity, it wasn't really. It was just the way things worked. And I think it tells a lot about one's necessarily self-centered way of seeing things that we call difficulties 'adversity.' I mean, the trees might have called the wind adversity, too. Maybe we all need something to push against if we're to grow smart and strong (and kind). Thinking about a science experiment a teacher did with hatching eggs. In one group of eggs the chicks had a hard time getting out and the children helped them by pulling away pieces of the shell. In the other, they let the chicks fight their way out. The first group died in a few days. The second lived, because fighting their way out of the shell got their lungs to work.

And that made me realize that although those chicks might have called the hardness of the shells adversity, it wasn’t really. It was just the way things worked.

And I think it tells a lot about one’s necessarily self-centered way of seeing things that we call difficulties ‘adversity.’ I mean, the trees might have called the wind adversity, too.

Maybe we all need something to push against if we’re to grow smart and strong (and kind).

]]> By: Beth LaMie http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/05/21/do-we-need-adversity-to-grow-part-ii/#comment-112 Beth LaMie Thu, 22 May 2008 01:39:57 +0000 http://whynotrachel.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-112 Rachel, What an amazing discussion. I loved the part about the trees in the Biosphere. We saw that when we were out in Arizona a few years ago. Anyway, it seems that if someone never has any hardships or adversity in their lives, they'd have to get awfully bored. In addition if/when something bad happened to them, they'd have no resilience to draw from. So I think we do benefit from having an imperfect life. That's my story & I'm sticking to it. Rachel,
What an amazing discussion. I loved the part about the trees in the Biosphere. We saw that when we were out in Arizona a few years ago.

Anyway, it seems that if someone never has any hardships or adversity in their lives, they’d have to get awfully bored. In addition if/when something bad happened to them, they’d have no resilience to draw from.

So I think we do benefit from having an imperfect life. That’s my story & I’m sticking to it.

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