Every human endeavor, all we have created, even down to hobbies and past times or as enormous as going to Mars or curing diseases, rescuing disaster victims or painting our nails has been our response to an impediment to our joy, peace, safety, security and survival.
The talents we develop and the passions that drive us have all been response to some level of discomfort.
This quote tells us that the impetus for our magnificence is our perception of challenges. The strongest catalyst being any threat go survival.
We are better because of our problems. Welcome them as growth experiences and opportunity instead of disturbances.
We woukd be nothing without them.