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You know we make a great mistake thinking we're supposed to be happy all the time, that a good life is an easy life. Many people whose lives are easy also feel empty. If everything comes to them with no effort, no struggle on their part, they're never tested. They never get to learn what they're made of. One of the greatest life lessons your about to learn, if you havent already, is that things you'll value most in life are the things you have to fight for and work for and struggle for. And if you think about it, most of the people you admire are people you know, people you've studied, and those who have changed the world, have also suffered and struggled and fought with great courage to overcome obstacles. Its not shameful to struggle. Its not whimpy or weak. Its an important, inevitable, and integral part of life, not to be avoided. In fact, whats whimpy is avoiding the struggle in the first place.