Everyone experiences adversity at some point in their lives. Some people do not believe that adversity is needed in life, and they can travel through life without any conflict. That simply is not true. Everyone will experience it. Golda Meir once said that, "You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity." Adversity is the best sparring partner because it strengthens character, helps develop humility, and teaches life lessons that cannot be learned in any other way. Through trials of adversity, character can be learned. Many parents enroll their children into karate lessons that include the event of sparring. They do this so their children can learn how to work hard, be tough, never give up and keep fighting. Those are all essential characteristics that a child needs to learn. In the quote from Golda Meir, he says that adversity is the best sparring partner. Just like sparring can teach children and adults many things, adversity will teach the most. It is inevitable and is the best way to learn. Often there is no escape from adversity and …show more content…
Adversity helps people realize they are not always in control. People cannot have a perfect life and will always experience trials and adversity. Through these trials, people began to learn to get support from other people such as their friends or family members. They often cling to a religion and strengthen their faith in a supreme being that they may believe in. They lose their pride and come to realize that they need other people in their lives. They are not the most important person. They can help others. They can do more with their lives. In sparring, students learn how to respect their peers and leaders and how to gracefully accept a loss. It is alright to lose. It is alright to experience adversity. It happens to everyone, but some people do not understand that and never learn how to be humble, until they have to go through trials of