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Choose Your Struggle

Choose Your Struggle

"what do you want out of life?"

"I want to be happy and have a great family and a job I like"

This response is so common and expected that it doesn't really mean anything.

A more interesting question that most people never consider is,

"What pain do you want in your life?

What are you willing to struggle for?"

Because that seems to be a greater determinant of how our lives turn out.

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Happiness requires struggle. Joy doesn't just sprout out like daisies and rainbows. Real, serious, lifelong fulfillmet and meaning have to be earned through the choosing and managing of our struggles

What determines success is not "what do you want to enjoy?" The relevant question is, "what pain do you want to sustain?"

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The path to happiness is path full of shit- heaps and shame.

You can't have a pain free life. You have to choose.

It won't work if you imagine the summit but you don't want to climb; If you want the reward but not the struggle ; if you want the the result but not the process; if you love not the fight but only victory.

Who you are is defined by what you are willing to struggle for because OUR STRUGGLES define OUR SUCC

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