Flying understanding difficulties

A dear sistergirlfriend sent this to me and it really spoke to me.

Difficulties, opposition, criticism-these things are meant to be overcome, 
and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is 
only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm, and I begin 
to wonder what I should do about it.
 
-Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
 
To be alive means to experience difficulties, conflicts, challenges from 
many directions. What we do with adverse conditions both determines and is 
determined by who we are. Resistance, most of us have learned, heightens the 
adversity. Acceptance of the condition, trusting all the while the lesson it 
offers us is for our benefit, ensures that we'll "come out on top."
 
Difficulties are opportunities for advancement, for increased 
self-awareness, for self-fulfillment. So often we hear and remind one 
another that we grow through pain. We can face any situation knowing we have 
the strength of the program to shore us up. Strangely, we need challenges in 
order to grow; without growth we wither. Happiness is the bounty for facing 
the momentarily unhappy conditions.
 
Any difficulty I meet today offers me a chance for even greater happiness; 
it guarantees my growth.