Challenges, obstacles and problems are the engines that drive progress.  This is true for each of us personally, and for humankind as a whole.

Want to become wealthy?  Find a problem and solve it.  Want to become healthier, happier or stronger?  Seek out a new challenge.

The benefit that any challenge provides is it forces us to think at a higher level to overcome it.  You are overcoming to become.

The compass was developed to overcome the fog.  The first candle was created to overcome the darkness.  Sometimes it takes losing someone we love, to really appreciate all those still left around us.  When you face heartache or hardship, choose to become teachable and watch new vistas open for you.