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You’re Given Only What You Can Handle
Does this hold true for both success and suffering?
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“God gives the toughest battles to the strongest people.”
People always seem to have this at the tip of their tongues, especially when you’re going through a rough patch, as if those words are supposed to make everything feel better.
Personally, they don’t pacify me.
If anything, they leave me pondering that — did I deserve what happened to me just because I can hold myself together?
Note: Whatever I’ve written is merely my opinion, and nothing you necessarily need to agree with, because there are always exceptions.
Success
From what I’ve seen, some people become successful only to look down on the impoverished. Civil servants become corrupt for self-interest, people in high positions at companies exploit their employees, and politicians fail to hold their seats with grace.
Instead of using their positions to do good, they end up compromising their morals and eating away at the very systems they worked so hard to become a part of.
But does being given a position of power mean someone was capable of handling it? And if some people misuse the power and privilege they have, does…
