Misfortunes in life rarely make us stronger.

I struggle with the question of being stronger in the broken places every day.

you also struggle with the use of a dictionary.

your original question asked:

specifically mortal physical or psychological injury

where mortal is defined as:

mortal (adj.) causing death; fatal.

no one can recover from death, so your question, as written, is actually gibberish.

then you tried to describe what happened to Eliot Spitzer as "misfortune" when it was in fact the direct and predictable consequence of his own calculated and repeated gross stupidity. when a bank robber goes to prison that is not misfortune, that's justice. when an innocent man goes to prison, that is misfortune. what happened to Eliot Spitzer is what's commonly to referred to as karma. he got exactly what he deserved.

Cheers.

A Typical LRC Idiot wrote:

John Utah wrote:

“Misfortune”? Spitzer? Is that what at that was? Poor guy.

Trump had the misfortune of bankruptcy several times before he became the president.

He also had the misfortune of cheating his wife.

Bankruptcy isn't a misfortune, it is a legalized way to screw other people out of money.

Cottonshirt wrote:

I struggle with the question of being stronger in the broken places every day.

you also struggle with the use of a dictionary.

your original question asked:

specifically mortal physical or psychological injury

where mortal is defined as:

mortal (adj.) causing death; fatal.

no one can recover from death, so your question, as written, is actually gibberish.

then you tried to describe what happened to Eliot Spitzer as "misfortune" when it was in fact the direct and predictable consequence of his own calculated and repeated gross stupidity. when a bank robber goes to prison that is not misfortune, that's justice. when an innocent man goes to prison, that is misfortune. what happened to Eliot Spitzer is what's commonly to referred to as karma. he got exactly what he deserved.

Cheers.

Nuance and precise understanding of definitions are in order when using the English language. One of the definitions of mortal is 'liable to cause death,' meaning death is not required. It is a means of describing a severe injury.

Again, holding judgment aside and using pure definitions, a misfortune can be something that is unfavorable to the subject, irrespective of whether that subject 'deserves' it or not.

I specifically brought up the Spitzer example to trigger a moralistic outrage from those who may struggle with basic definitions.

Cheers.

I had a very difficult childhood with poverty, violence and sexual abuse. I’ve abused and overcome drugs and alcohol. I’ve stood on the edge of railway lines waiting to throw myself under the next train. I’m now sober, financially secure, have a great family and have had a very successful career for the last twenty years.

Am I stronger for my ‘misfortunes’? I don’t know. I’ve a drive that not many people I know possess, but I’ve also a fragility that not many men in their forties would admit to. Some days I feel like I could stop a bullet with my hands and other days the simple act of holding my infant son’s hand reduces me to tears.

Strong and broken wrote:

I had a very difficult childhood with poverty, violence and sexual abuse. I’ve abused and overcome drugs and alcohol. I’ve stood on the edge of railway lines waiting to throw myself under the next train. I’m now sober, financially secure, have a great family and have had a very successful career for the last twenty years.

Am I stronger for my ‘misfortunes’? I don’t know. I’ve a drive that not many people I know possess, but I’ve also a fragility that not many men in their forties would admit to. Some days I feel like I could stop a bullet with my hands and other days the simple act of holding my infant son’s hand reduces me to tears.

That is beautifully stated. God bless you, and thank you for this.

RejectJogger: Thanks for the words. I agree with your outlook.

Adversity makes you fight harder with your heart.

Women break off relationships 70% of the time. Many women have guys in the background they are thinking of "getting with," and in the meantime are trying to think of a way to get out of the relationship they are currently in. A divorced women told me that in relationships "men are stupid and women are evil."

I think the current marriage situation (60% for current marriages?) has women running scared of marriage even more than men. It's messing everything up.