Every single human being is faced with challenges, disappointments, and major frustrations. And there are ingredients to achieve the recipe of overcoming those difficulties. They are: acceptance of your circumstance, looking and planning for solutions, and patience. John had the devastating news of Jesse (his late son) being diagnosed with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, and Tareq had to relinquish his dream of becoming a doctor even though he was a few months away from achieving it.