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I’m not sure life always hands us a clear reason in the moment.

Sometimes things happen that are unfair, painful, confusing, and completely outside of our control. Losing a business, watching relationships fall apart, being betrayed, starting over, or realizing the life you built is no longer the life you’re meant to live—none of that feels meaningful while you’re standing in the middle of it.

But I’ve learned that pain has a way of revealing things comfort never could.

Hard seasons expose who is really with you. They show you where you were weak, where you ignored your instincts, and where you were settling for less than you were capable of becoming.

Maybe everything doesn’t happen for a reason.

Maybe the reason is what we decide to build from it.

We can let the past make us bitter, or we can let it make us sharper. We can carry the wound forever, or we can turn it into wisdom. We can spend our lives asking, “Why did this happen to me?” or we can eventually ask, “What is this preparing me for?”

I can’t change everything that has happened in my life.

But I can make sure none of it was wasted.

That may be the real purpose of it all.

— Nicholas Francis 
Modern Day Dealer