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THE HIDDEN SIDE OF HAPPINESS
Kathleen McGowan Many people find the enduring a harrowing ordeal ultimately changes them for the better.After experiencing disaster, people seem to be built in some human capacities to flourish. And you will find the bromide: What does not kill you will actually make you stronger. People who have experienced the most, who have been forced to fright with shocks they never expected and to think the meaning of life deeply, may have the most profound and intensely fulfilling feelings to tell us to search for “the good life”. Happiness is not all values in human life, sometimes, such qualities as compassion wisdom, altruism, insight, creativity can be fostered by experiencing adversity because the situations can force us to take on the painful process of change. For many people, who have endured extreme, adversity, like combat, violent crime or sudden serious illness, life ultimately becomes richer and more joyful. Actually conscious effort is one of the major differences between those who grow through adversity and those who are destroyed by it. And eventually, people may find themselves freed in ways they never imagined, and more tolerant and forgiving of others, capable of bringing peace to formerly troubled relationships. And that ultimately, it is possible that we will face constrains and struggles in life, but we feel it is a pretty life. Because what we have experienced makes us more powerful.。