MY GLITCH IN THE MATRIX

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what benefits we can achieve through difficulties.

Most of us who are having a human experience will endure hardships during this life. It’s inevitable for the majority of us, and one might say even a necessity for growth.

The person who’s always had an “easy life”, who’s basically had everything handed to them and never faced adversity will almost certainly be a shallow, self absorbed individual with no more depth that a drop urine splashed from a careless man onto the rim of a toilet.

So we have to learn to see suffering as our superpower. As in Nietzsche’s philosophy of “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger”. We must embrace the difficulties and allow them to transform us into a better version of ourselves.

Hardships are an inevitable part of life, yet they often serve as the crucible in which our inner strength is forged. When faced with adversity, we are pushed beyond our comfort zones and forced to confront our limitations. It’s in these moments of struggle that resilience begins to take shape. Each setback, whilst painful, offers a lesson: the ability to endure, to adapt, and to rise again. Strength doesn’t always roar; sometimes, it’s the quiet decision to keep going, to try again despite the fear or fatigue.

Finding strength through hardship isn’t about pretending to be unbreakable; it’s about discovering that you can be broken and still continue. Often, it’s in reaching out, allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, or simply taking the next small step forward that we reclaim our power. Over time, those experiences become part of the story we carry; not as scars of defeat, but as symbols of survival and growth. In learning to weather life’s storms, we uncover a deeper, more enduring kind of strength; one built not from avoidance of pain, but from our willingness to face it head-on and keep moving.

The key is to not get lost in the pain. Falling too deep into the well of depression can be a difficult pit to climb out of. If the pain begins to steal your strength, taking away your will to move forward, then you must also be able to identify when to seek assistance outside of yourself to overcome it. It can be a difficult step for one who has a soul that strives for resilience, but not an action that one should ever feel shame for.

Sometimes help must come from another source, and acknowledging this need and accepting it may be the greatest path to growth of all.