{"id":1286,"date":"2010-03-10T14:20:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T18:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:52","slug":"before-happiness-there-is-adversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2010\/03\/before-happiness-there-is-adversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Happiness, There is Adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have seen no green in my yard since the snows started in the third week of December.\u00a0 As the ENORMOUS piles are now melting away, spring is popping up all over.\u00a0 This little montage captures some of what is emerging in my yard &#8212; notice how in two of the shots you can see the retreating edge of the snow pile just inches behind the crocuses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1296\" title=\"springheader\" src=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2010\/03\/springheader-1024x267.jpg\" alt=\"springheader\" width=\"502\" height=\"131\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I am, as usual, in awe of how much has been going on BELOW the snow.\u00a0 Life just can&#8217;t be suppressed.\u00a0 On one side of my house the snow piles were over three feet high, and certainly very heavy.\u00a0 Yet the daffodils emerging from the snow bank are over six inches high already.\u00a0 Daffodils are so determined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I actually feel badly for those who live in climates without a Spring season.\u00a0 Spring is nature&#8217;s time to remind us that just because something LOOKS dead and frozen does not mean that it is over.\u00a0 Trees bud.\u00a0 Grass renews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">And spring bulbs are absolutely my favorite plant.\u00a0 You see, they CANNOT flower without first experiencing the cold of winter.\u00a0 It is the adversity that allows them to become who they are.\u00a0 And so we cannot experience a glorious Spring without first passing through the brutal winter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Human Beings are the same, you know.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Happiness does not, and cannot, exist in a space by itself.\u00a0 Happiness cannot exist without Sadness.\u00a0 Contentment has no value if there is not first Disappointment or Anxiety.\u00a0 Hope takes its sweetness from the experience of Despair and Resignation.\u00a0 If not for the dark times in our lives, we could not appreciate the good times as deeply as we do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">And that is also HOW we human beings are able to endure even the darkest times, like illness, job loss, accident, &amp; 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