When we are young, we think that our physique, intelligence, education, and personality will get us through life. It varies from individual to individual, but we eventually see that character is the bedrock on which we build our lives.
Character is such things as courage, persistence, compassion, resiliency, and discernment. Life isn’t easy and at times it can be capricious and unfair. To meet the challenges that life throws us our way, we need character to pull us off the ground when we trip and fall, and pick ourselves off the ground.