Embrace Struggle as Growth

Maximisation of pleasure is erroneously thought to be the path towards a good life. Avoidance of pain, disappointment, injury, sickness, boredom, loneliness and sadness is what is generally pursued by all, not realizing that pain and suffering are inevitable if one is alive.

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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.

Tragic optimism means remaining optimistic despite the tragic triad of pain, guilt, and death. This mindset works because:

• It acknowledges suffering fully without diminishing its reality
• It discovers meaning within the suffering rather than despite it