Are you one of the cowards? Are you someone we can count on? Do you have what it takes? Seneca would say that he actually pitied people who have never experienced misfortune. “You have passed through life without an opponent,” he said. “No one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.” That’s why this question is so important. The world wants to know what category to put you in, so it sends difficult situations your way.
