The Power of Adversity

It's not the adversity itself, but it's what we decide to make of it that determines our future. The very thing that gives life can take life away. Take water, age too low. It's essential to life. We can't exist without it. And when I think of adversity, I think of that very decision point, the fork in the road. What will this be? Will it be my excuse to cower in the face of hardship?