With all the focus on success it’s easy to overlook the valuable lessons we can learn from the more difficult parts of our journey. Below, you’ll find some very interesting insights from some of the most fascinating members of the community.
Khrys Styles
If I had become successful before my trauma, it would have been only for myself. I’ve come to believe that success, without purpose, can be selfish. My suffering taught me that everyone needs help at some point in their journey. Without my traumas, without that season of lack, I would not be the woman I am today. Read More>>
Andre Ellington
Suffering is daily. Anybody that’s reading this interview has one thing in their life that they don’t want the world to see. That one internal struggle that has been the bane of their existence. But to get up every single day and still operate in a world where showcasing your flaws earns you a specific type of attention, is powerful. Read More>>
Amanda Wolf
Success has taught me about hardships, loss and betrayal. Suffering taught me more. Hardship, loss, and betrayal are unavoidable factors of life but suffering, I have learned is optional. It is necessary to move through emotions but I am not obligated to stay stuck in them. The call to suffer is an opportunity to an alchemist, a catalyst for growth and transcendence. Read More>>
Lumin O. Morgan
Struggling has humbled me in a way that success never could. If I received the success I wanted as an artist, especially when I was younger, I would not have been able to keep it. I often think about how I felt during that time, and how I thought I wouldn’t have been able to be an artist if I weren’t well-known enough. Read More>>
Kelyne Noèl
Suffering taught me resilience in a way success never could. Not the motivational kind, but the quiet kind; when there’s no certainty, no backup plan, and nobody to catch me if I fall. It taught me how to keep moving even when the outcome is unclear, and how to trust God when everything familiar falls apart. More than anything, suffering revealed God’s never-ending faithfulness. Read More>>
