"Problems are what make us"

I've been reading through a book that one of the ladies on my housekeeping crew wrote in college for her capstone project.  It's a collection of stories from people she met while spending time in Kenya a few years ago.  Most are heavy, almost all are written by people with a limited education communicating in a second or third language, and all are incredibly strong and hopeful.  There is a simplicity to the sentence structures and voice that makes them seem even more true.

Here's a passage I read a few days ago to share.  All credit to Sarah for her work:

Every hard situation in life has a reason and the best you can do is to learn from them and they help us in facing life the way it comes. Problems are there to shape us, we are sometimes rejected so that we can be able to show love to them who have passed through the same.

Accepting yourself the way you have is good despite your background. You can only have a bright future if you don’t dwell on the past. We learn from mistakes and our weak points are suppposed to strengthen us but not discourage us in life.