You grow by responding positively to change. Growth means change and change involves risk when stepping from the known to the unknown. Your strength and growth will come only through continuous effort and struggle. All growth depends on activity. There is no development without effort.
Trouble is the common denominator of living.
It is the great equalizer. Your trials, your sorrows and your grief's will develop you. Whatever good or bad fortune comes your way, you can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. Wealth is nothing, position is nothing, fame is nothing. Who you become inside is everything.