What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger Friedrich Nietzsche
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
Transcript of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes
You Stronger
Ali Kloska
WRD 110
“Sometimes bad things have to happen
before good things can.”
—Becca Fitzpatrick
Why Do Bad Things Have to
Happen? I went through a really
long stage of low self-esteem and just overall awkwardness
Switching high schools from a school I knew everyone to one I knew no one.
Lost a lot of people in a 4 year period (friend’s dad, my cousin, my grandpa, and a school-mate)
… They Make Us Who We Are
Senior Christian Awakening
Retreat
◦ Listened to a witness talk about
how the lows in our lives help to
make who we are today.
I would be nowhere near who I am
today without everything I went
through
◦ Being positive about as much as
I can (you never know when it
could all end)
◦ Don’t sweat the small stuff! It
isn’t worth the time.
◦ My high school gave me the
ability to be who I wanted to be,
and improved my confidence
incredibly
The First Time I Discussed My
Shift At my AMAZING Christian Awakening
Retreat with my small group
◦ Discussed it at the end of the weekend after
hearing everyone’s life-changing stories
• Small group was very encouraging and
agreed with my opinion that bad things
happen to make us stronger people
They realized it in their own lives as well
Became a long discussion topic
Spreading What I Had Learned:
Retreat Letters Retreat letters to people I hadn’t
talked to in a while
◦ I tried to compare what I had been
through to some of the things they had
been through, and used examples from
my retreat
Peer’s Response: Retreat
Letters A few people were receptive and
came back from retreat and wanted to
talk to me more about what I had
written
Some still haven’t said anything, I like
to think I helped them get through
something they were going through
(maybe?)
Spreading What I Had Learned:
When someone is going through
a hard time Telling people everything is going to
work out in the end
Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Peer’s Response: When
someone is going through a hard
time Most of the people I try to express this
to do not want to hear it while they are
going through whatever their problem
is
◦ They occasionally come to the realization
this is true
…and they occasionally do not
Spreading What I Had Learned:
Through my actions I really do try to take everyday as if it
were my last, no regrets.
When I get stressed about something,
I usually have an easy time realizing
that it isn’t as big of a deal as I
originally thought.
HAKUNA MATATA
Peer’s Response: My actions
Several friends have told me to tell my
experiences to other people, and have
suggested I speak at retreats
I’ve been told multiple times that I am
too positive
◦ I take this as a compliment… obviously
My Response To My Position
Shift I believe that with some practice, I can
help other people realize that although life seems really bad, they are going to get through it and become a stronger, better person because of what they have gone through
I think my techniques could use a little work◦ I need to be more understanding that people
are not going to agree with me the majority of the time
In Closing…
Everything really is going to work out
in the end. Period.
◦ No matter how long it seems to be taking,
or how bad the situation is. YOU WILL
GET THROUGH IT!
Works Cited
Fitzpatrick, Becca. "Quotes About Bad
Things Happen." (5 Quotes). N.p., n.d.
Web. 18 Sept. 2012.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/
bad-things-happen