In light of today’s discussion about whether or not to keep Stephen in school, I’m reminded of this quote from the Dalai Lama in The Art of Happiness.


Imagine what it would be like if we went through life never encountering an enemy or any other obstacles…never encountering any challenge, never tested–in short, if everyone continued to treat us like a baby. …if it persisted it could only result in one becoming a sort of gelatinous mass, a monstrosity really–with the mental and emotional development of veal. It’s the very struggle of life that makes us who we are. And it is our enemies that test us, provide us with the resistance necessary for growth.