Struggle is the Purpose of Life

You want the good things in life. You want more money, power, and status in the office. You want to drive around in a spanking new car. And you want to invite your many friends to your sprawling house to meet your beautiful wife and charming children. Also, you want a healthier body, a quicker wit, and a more sparkling personality.

Well, you can have all these things, and more if you are willing to pay the price. These things are expensive. Very expensive. And for most people too expensive. They demand more than wealth or talent. They demand courage. The courage to work hard even when you feel underpaid and unrecognized. The guts to keep on working hard.

Essentially, life demands struggle. Every day has to be a life of struggle. Once one can accept this stark truth as something positive, one can start to get ahead. Struggle allows each of us to refine our talents. It is the intense flame that burns of the dross. It is the alchemy that turns one into pure gold. There is no magic in the real world. In fantasy, wonderful things happen of their own accord. But this is not the way the real world works. The universal law is simpler: you reap what you sow.

If you are tired, it is not due to struggle. Struggle does not tire: it uplifts and rejuvenate; it brings out the best in the human spirit. If you feel that life is hard, you have not faced your toughest adversity: your own negative thinking. Struggle means pushing ahead no matter what. It means investing your hope and energy even in a cause that seems hopeless. Struggle is a mark of heroism, and the difference between winners and losers.

Life is for the living. It is a struggle, challenge, change, disaster, and triumph. Forget your multiple misfortunes. If you can forge a will of iron by fighting through the thick of misfortune, then the world is your oyster. There is no easy way to reap what you think you deserve. You have to fight for it. All the way.

At this moment, you are where you deserve to be. If you are surrounded by abundance, it is because you have the heart of a lion. If you are surrounded by scarcity, it is because you have not dared to challenge yourself to rise against adversity. Struggle is the meaning of life.

If you want more from your life, ask what you have done to deserve more. Don't sit around lost in daydreams; only action will redeem you. From now on, think your way into a dynamic and confident state of mind and being. Strive to be that little bit better in every thing you do every day. Struggle! Crawl up that mountain! Go for it!

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