It’s not what happens to us in life that defines us, it is our reponse to what happens. So many of us are searching for a better life. We think the answers to more happiness, more love or more success lie outside of us. We lament that we don’t have the job we want or a better relationship or simply enough time in the day to enjoy our lives, and we wait for someone or something else to save us. In reality, we have the answers. We hold the key to our wildest dreams by changing our perception. Life is full of stress and it’s not going away anytime soon! In fact, it shouldn’t go away because we as people are forged in those moments of crisis, failure and disappointment. The challenges and stresses of life are Gifts waiting to be unwrapped.