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Question: What doesn't kill me makes me stronger!.!.!.or does it!?
Malaria doesn't kill you ( in most cases) , but surely it does not make you stronger!. If someone close to you dies , you don't get stronger!. What's your opinion !?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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When I visited the Doctor for the second time, I asked him why my malaria is not coming down!.

He asked me whether I took the medicines correctly as per his directions!.

I said Doctor, since the pills were bitter, I asked my wife to take the tablets!.

Now tell me when will I recover !!!

Doctor became silent and did not reply!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Okay lets get one thing straight!.The cliche "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!"It means to rise above it and that is when you get stronger!.You are looking at it in the transliteral Sense of the cliche!.Not every illness will strengthen you after the fact but it will put a conviction in front of you to deal with either in a positive way or a negative way!.How you interpret it is your choice!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Wisdom and knowledge makes one stronger and wiser, if fact as you educate yourself more, you look at life in a different way, and you look at the innovation, from doctors that help heal, or mend your emotional state!. You will not dieā€”but shall live said the LordWww@QuestionHome@Com

malaria didn't kill you but it made you wiser about exposing yourself to the disease in the future!.!.!.You know how you got it and you wont do that again!.!.so your mentally stronger for itWww@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.disagree!.!.!.
!.!.!.know people who didn't get an A on their report card!.!.!.
!.!.!.girlfriend sent a dear john letter or wife slept with another!.!.!.
!.!.!.check out, permanently!.!.!.
!.!.!.vets missing limbs being jeered for what they did as a soldier, marine, airman or sailor!.!.!.
!.!.!.sorry, i disagree!.!.!.thanks for asking!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Maybe it's a metaphor!. And it applies mentally!. Malaria doesn't make you stronger, but it'll make you realize something

I don't know!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The quote comes from Nietzsche in his book 'Twilight of the Idols'!. Don't get carried away with this!. It can simply mean that overcoming adversity makes you a stronger, better person!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, the things that happen to us does make us stronger!. We learn from our mistakes and those of others around us!. So that makes us stronger!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Uhh!.!.!. Yeah, it won't kill you but most likely, you would be a vegetable or severely damaged!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

it's just a dumb saying, like good things come to those who wait >>>>> as if you've got a choice of waiting!. You damn have to wait!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It might not kill you,but weaken you to a cripple!.Www@QuestionHome@Com