Indeed it is. A friend once told me that salmon swim against the current in order to spawn. It is a tough journey and in the end they die, but through the effort, work, dedication, trials and tribulation, they succeed to reach the spawning beds to start the next generation. It is part of their journey as this is part of ours. I do indeed learn much through it all which makes me wiser and stronger. Just as gravity provides the resistance for our body to grow stronger, these situations also provide resistance to help us grow stronger emotionally, mentally and spiritually!