September 25, 2024: The Easy Life Sucks!
"When I hear someone sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
⁃ Sydney J. Harris
If you think you know someone who has an easy life, you are mistaken. What may look easy to you, might look very different if the challenges that person faces were revealed to you. No life is easy. No life is free of struggle. In fact, a life free of struggle would probably be a most boring and meaningless life. It is the struggles, it is the trials, the hurdles, the pitfalls and the challenges that give life its meaning. If there were such a thing as an easy life, what would it look like? Each day we could do whatever we wanted whenever we wanted, if we wanted. We might liken that to the person who works for the same company for 40 years who can't wait to retire and do absolutely nothing, if that's what they want to do. Many of us know of people who have been in this similar scenario who, once they retired, found that in about six months of that lifestyle they were bored to tears. We humans seem to have been built for achievement and having something to overcome, something to look forward to. Welcome your challenges. Welcome your struggles. They are what have made you the dynamic, interesting and strong person you are. Steel must be tested and diamonds must be pressured. Otherwise, they would never have become hardened or strong. To hell with the easy life! Bring on those strength-giving challenges!
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