There are those who avoid — at all costs — being tested by life.

There are those who wait, in fear, for life to test them.

Then there are the rare few who choose to use life to test them in every moment they can remember to do so.

Of these three types, which do you think grows in courage and faith, in strength and compassion?

To answer correctly, and then to act on this wisdom, is the spiritual meaning of “choosing to be chosen.” But, avoid this question — or fail to answer it — and you allow your choice to be made for you… against you.

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