What Have You Survived?

I am a sucker for a good song. So when the lyrics to Kelly Clarkson's song, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" pour out of my speakers, I sing along. I love that song. But sadly, it is not true. What doesn't kill you, doesn't kill you. That's all we can say about that.

However, if we survive, we have a chance to rise again. What makes us stronger is not surviving, it is learning how to recover from a near death experience. Riding the adrenalin of survival is like a roller coaster with no end in sight and inevitable motion sickness.

Give this some thought and consider - what have you survived?