Book 4: Soar on Wings Like the Eagle

Life is a continuing response to challenges. The challenges in our lives will be over when our lives end. Some people will fall because they cannot overcome their challenges. However, those who overcome and win their trials will become much stronger and mature people. How you handle the adversity determines how you will get through it.

Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian wrote 12-volume “Study of History” (1934-61), put forward a philosophy of history with a phrase, “Challenge and Response”. It was based on his observation of the cycle of civilization development and the decline.

“People of civilization that successfully responded to external challenges survived, but civilization that failed to do so disappeared. In addition, people who had no trials and challenges fell into history and disappeared easily in history.