If you were a flower and able to bloom in the midst of adversity, you would be considered most rare and beautiful.  This is the essence of a quote from a famous Disney animated film that had at its core a key message about how inner strength can persevere in any circumstance. If you find yourself in the midst of a tumultuous period, consider the amount of growth that you are undertaking as you become more focused on what your outcome should be.  Sometimes we may not think that we are fully prepared to take on a particular problem or issue, due to our own assessment of potential success.  History is filled with many people that failed more than once and some for many years before they were able to achieve that lucrative validation from the public, that they had arrived to such a level of accomplishment.  In some cases, the individuals that achieved fame did so almost at the end of their careers.  Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet are among those now world renowned artists that did not see much fame through most of their lives.  The majority of them struggled through much of their lives as they pursued their passion of painting art.  Artists of any genre will always be the example of how you do the work because you love it, not because of the pay or the adulation that may come from having an audience.   The lesson for all of us is that we too can endure what may come our way, whether we feel that we are prepared or not.  We also have to be passionate about our own convictions and what truly motivates us. Chances are that we can always rely on our instinct and resilience when faced with tough circumstances to get us through.  We are usually more prepared for what comes our way than we give ourselves credit for.  If a flower is able to bloom in a difficult environment, then this should be our reminder that we can also flourish when others may think that we cannot.  In the end, our own definition of beauty and strength can be the end result of what we find given any occasion we happen to be in.