If It Doesn't Kill You

How many times have others tried to provide encouragement by reminding us that things that don't kill us make us stronger?  It became apparent to me that I should embrace learning from obstacles when I recently encountered this message twice within hours from unexpected messengers.  A recent college graduate in a retail store had this multi-line message tattoed in sizable letters on her forearm.  The next reminder was a forwarded cartoon of a rat in a trap determinedly using the bar of the trap as a weightlifting bar with this sentiment below the picture.