<p>To become better men and women, to overcome life's challenges and to achieve our dreams isn't easy. The only real proven way to do all these things, and more, is to deal with reality the way it IS not the way we would prefer it to be.<br>This doesn't mean we accept it or let it change us for the worse ? it simply means we acknowledge what we are up against.<br><br>Don't let reading these things bring you down. Every great adventure you've ever...