IF AFTER you have suffered hardship, loss, disappointment, humiliation and rejection, but you are not more tender, more giving, more thankful, more confident, and more forgiving, THEN YOU are a failure.
IF AFTER you have been loved, accepted, forgiven, comforted, encouraged and strengthened, but you do not humbly and gladly serve others, THEN YOU are selfish and ungrateful.
Let God form Christ in you through all of the experiences of life. Lose yourself in service to Him and others.