This is something I realized early in life as a teenager. One of my favorite quotes is by Bruce Lee .
“Be Water, My Friend. Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
This shaped my view of challenges and life situations and I have resolved to not let life happen to me but use all my obstacles as stepping stones and an opportunity to reinvent myself.