I tell students that we should always seek a worthwhile challenge. Many times, we seem to make the choice that requires the least amount of effort or resistance, and we end up not getting the result we wanted. I think back to a speech a good friend of mine gave to a group of students years ago on this same topic. He mentioned that there were some words/concepts that seem positive, but are really deceiving. Words like "easy, effortless, painless, and inherited." On the other hand, there are also words that seem intimidating, but are really positive like, "sacrifice, discipline, commitment, suffering, and pain."
I know we all strive to be happy to some extent in this life, but I think we sometimes forget that our happiness and joy is magnified when we have gone through a "struggle, pain, or some suffering." It's true that our joy is always preceded by some misery and pain. I can promise you that we all have some misery and pain with our name on it out there somewhere. When it comes, we need to meet it head on and fight past it knowing there is great joy on the other side! The misery, in fact, does not detract from that joy, it adds to it!
-Thanks for the thoughts RK.
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