Volcanoes and Diamonds

Yesterday I heard a speaker who said, "Pressure makes volcanoes, but it also makes diamonds."

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I fit in the volcano category a lot.


But she also made the point that without the challenges and trials we go through, come so many blessings of becoming.
Meaning--the hard things in life often shape our greatest qualities.
We are who we are because of what we face.

People who never face the hard things you face will never have the wisdom and the blessings of experience that you have.

Which doesn't often help much when all you can feel is the pain of now.

It's hard and it hurts.
But maybe, just maybe...