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Adversity’s Gift

I’M ALWAYS WARY of the tired old mantra, “If it doesn’t kill you, it’ll make you stronger.” I mean, what about polio? Or whiplash? Or loads of other horrible things that if you survive you’re left scarred in one way or another.

I think it’s a tired cliché that people trot out when they bump into you in the supermarket after something awful has happened

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