HOW GROWTH IS RELATED TO LEARNING .

It is learning which can lead to growth and personal development. But as we all know learning implies change which may come from a pleasant or unpleasant situation. The nature of change accordingly generates a favourable or unfavourable response in the person. A favourable change always generates a positive mental response and the person adapts to it spontaneously. But in an unfavourable or crisis situation mind always generates an unfavourable response due to which he is not able to develop adaptability easily. A considerable mental effort has to be put in before it can happen and that does take time. In the case of a  mentally resilient person, the conditioning to this unpleasant situation happens easily due to his proactive approach and so without much inner resistance.

 Now looking at the other side of it, after having faced the difficult situation he finds that it has brought forth a sense of personal growth by the enhancement of his mental strength to face future adverse situations. Thus we see that experience of growth comes from the perception of having overcome the situation with fortitude. And this has happened thru this learning of a way to overcome the difficult situation. The sustainability of this personal growth will be reflected in how he faces and responds to the future such events of a difficult situation. These are some of what I have realized from my personal experience after passing thru many adverse situations. Bearing a difficult situation with fortitude enhances mental strength. And so in future, we can see that facing it will no longer be so  difficult  as it had been in the earlier instance which had been the first time.