Normal Vincent Peale used to say, “When God wants to send you a gift, he wraps it up in a problem.
The bigger the gift that God wants to send you, the bigger the problem he wraps it up in.”
Instead of concentrating on the problem, look for the gift. Wonderfully enough, you will always
find it. What’s more, sometimes the gift, or valuable lesson, can be of far greater value than the cost
of the problem itself. Sometimes, one lesson that you learn in dealing with a problem can be the key
to your long-term success. As Napoleon Hill wrote, “Within every problem or obstacle lays the seed
of an equal or greater opportunity or benefit. Your job is to find it.”
(Excerpt from No Excuses: The Power of Self Discipline by Brian Tracy)