Shiva is known as "The Destroyer" and is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects, and transforms the universe In the goddess-oriented Shakta tradition, the Supreme Goddess (Devi) is regarded as the energy and creative power (Shakti) and the equal complementary partner of Shiva.
Shiva is one of the five equivalent deities in the Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism.[Without struggle there can be no happiness. Ask any individual who has dealt with adversity. The necessity of suffering helps to define good and bad values. You only have a limited amount of shi*t to give. Choose wisely and embrace rejections that make your life better. Self-improvement and success often occur together. But that does not necessarily mean they're the same thing.
The desire for a more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And paradoxically, the acceptance of one's negative experience is itself a positive experience Be comfortable with being different What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?
Peel back the self-awareness onion starting with understanding then moving to ask why, assessing your values on success/failure, etc., etc. You always get to choose how you see, react and value things. Value realignment is so important in commerce and personal lives, what better time than now, as we begin the shortest month of the year that feels like the longest one.