Struggles. Brief moments of frustration. Small setbacks. Long periods of profound darkness. Confusion. Anxiety. Depression. Despair. Grief. It’s all part of this messy human experience. We’d give almost anything if we could grow purely from the sunlight, but alas, the rain is as necessary as the sunlight. The storms matter. A ton. They strengthen us in ways too great to name. They make us, all these moments that at first feel as if they are breaking us. We are hardwired for t