Inspiring Stories About Overcoming Adversity
Learning how to overcome adversity is a major part of our character that we all must develop. Adversity comes in our lives in many different forms. It may show up as an unexpected bill, a sick or misbehaving child (teen), an unplanned pregnancy, layoffs on the job, overwhelming debts, failing marriages, or cheating spouses. Even though these situations can be devestaing, life still goes on and we must do what is necessary to get through these difficult circumstances. That’s where these stories come in handy. Included on this page are some of my favorite inspiring and inspirational stories related to overcoming adversity.
- Ransom
- Going Forward: What I learned from Pro Football
- The Purpose of Adversity
- I Don’t Care Be Mad: I Won’t Stop Pushing You
- The Post that Shouldn’t Exist
- The Second Mile
- Running for My Life
- Chasing After You
- Hostile Takeover
- I Deserve A Second Chance
- I’ll Quit When I’m Dead
- Are you Steel or Glass
- I’m in Hell
- It’s Not Over Yet
This can’t be happening. Where is it? I turned my back for one second and now it’s gone. It was just right here. Literally two seconds ago I was holding it in my hands. My eyes are starting to glass over as the tears are about to flow from my face. I can’t believe it’s missing. I can’t go on without it.
I have looked everywhere. I’ve been under the bed, through the closets, and beneath the sofa. I have looked in every drawer in the house. I’ve torn the place apart with so much vigor that it looks like I have been robbed. I am so panicked that I continually keep looking in spots I have already checked. My heart is beating fast and I am overwhelmed with feelings of disbelief. Then…the phone rings.
Before I can say hello, I hear in a deep raspy voice a man say, “I know what your looking for.”
I messed up.I did something so stupid, disrespectful, and arrogant that for days I didn’t have the nerve to look at my face in the
I’m sure you have heard these sayings before. Things aren’t looking so great for the home team. You should have quit when you were ahead.
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It is funny how,” when it rains it pours,” in the situations we face. Never have I had the experience of having one thing go wrong at a time.
I love football. It is by far my favorite sport to watch.Football is a game of centimeters, inches and yards.
With all the mess we see on the news about the economy, the debt ceiling, FEMA being broke, hurricanes, and floods, it is easy to draw a conclusion
The very purpose of this site is to encourage you in times where you are lacking motivation in any area of your life. Rather it be from the..
As a child I was always good at drawing and art. I won awards, got constant attention, and even saw my face in the newspaper and on television..
I once had a position with a company that drove me crazy. It seemed everybody there found a way to get out of working on a regular basis.
When I was growing up I can vividly remember watching with my dad the animal documentaries on PBS. There was something about the wild..
My heart is racing. I can’t catch my breath. I promise you if it wasn’t for my rib cage I think my heart would be beating outside of my chest.
I did it. It took some mild begging, constant emails, and bribes but I have landed a guest post on Discovering Purpose. Ayo, my latest victim,..
