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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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Consider the question: What are you willing to struggle for? Because that seems to be a greater determinant of how our lives turn out. Happiness requires struggle. The positive is the side effect of handling the negative. You can only avoid negative experiences for so long before they come ro...
Choose your struggle
Happiness comes from solving problems but problems will never end in life, the goal is to have better and meaningful problems.
We need to choose our struggle because that’s inevitable. You are defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.
No Struggle, No Victory
- I wanted the reward and not the struggle. I wanted the result and not the process. I was in love with not the fight but only the victory. And life doesn’t work that way.
- Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.
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