Hardship Makes People Stronger

“What does not kill us makes us stronger.” Said by Friedrich Nietzsche who was a German philosopher. Personally, I totally agree with this opinion. In everyone’s life, hardship is inevitable which usually makes people suffer painfully. For the short term hardship seems a negative thing that no one would want it. However, adversity does bring some benefits for the ones who try to fight against it. For one thing, everyone has his or her own potential to deal with difficulties competently that even he or she is not awarded of. Usually it is been hidden somewhere deep that people cannot realize that. Being in a hard condition which would simulate people’s unknown potential, they would find it surprising that they are actually capable coping with hardship. Also, generally, people would like to stay in their comfort zones in order to minimize the possibilities of encountering adversity. They would tend to choose a way with less challenge. Then their potential will never be brought out either by external pressure or their own initiatives. Actually, we do need challenges to force ourselves to dig out our best capacity which would make us stronger. For instance, it was my first time to come to America myself. To be honest, I was not very independent when I was at home because my parents took care of me a lot. They always tried to help me with anything even though I was able to do it. But when I firstly arrived at JFK airport, I was lost in crowds and confused by all those unfamiliar languages. The feeling of enthusiastic expectation I had before I stepped into this country disappeared and was replaced by fear and frustration. Worse still, after all the luggage was picked up by others, I still could not find my two big pieces of luggage which were almost all of my belongings. Watching everyone leaving hurriedly, I felt so helpless. After struggling to try to figure out what to do with tears rising into my eyes, I decided to ask the staff for help. The first one I asked