What do tough times mean?
Why do we go through tough times? Trying to find the answer probably leads to sleepless nights more than the problem itself. There’re probably a million answers ‘why’ depending on our world view, religion, spirituality, culture and so on. One of the common answers when we look back, is tough situations purify and purge us of things that no longer serve our higher self. The purge is often painful and life-shifting as we may lose family, friends, characteristics we held on to so dearly, coping mechanisms that once saved us but are no longer useful, spiritual beliefs we thought were holy grail. It is this lonely space of…