by Carlos Soriano

Created on: February 14, 2009   Last Updated: April 24, 2009

Life would be meaningless without struggle. As a person gets older, struggle becomes a known procedure. The path to achieve a goal; the sacrifice of a person, is a part of society, some for the good, and some never get to see a light of hope. But, why do we struggle? Dont we all want to live without struggle? The fact of the matter is that, not all of us were born with a silver spoon, so we must get acquanted to this part of life. So now, this is the "process" to achieve success; nobody said it was going to be easy. It should be no more than that; a bump on the road, an inconvenience between goals sort of event.

Once the mind has reached equilibrium of such drastic change, the body gets eventualy use to is as well. As a person becomes familiarized with struggling for some desired goal, it makes the individual stronger in every way. I know so, believe me. The point here is to induce yourself in this "process" to attain something for your own good. If this type of procedure is done in vain, is not good and even pointless. The diccionary says, "to make one's way with difficulty".

Not always, the struggle leads to something better. This is what I like to call, "negative struggle". A very good example of negative struggle is, the way most Cubans live in their homeland, the way people in some parts of the world struggle with drug addiction. Or even, the way the polar bears are traveling closer to us. The polar ice caps melt, due to global warming.

As I infer fascinating points of view on how struggle is our everyday cup of coffee. These points of view, call for a positive ending. This, in another way of thinking, doesn't seem such a bad thing after all. If as long as in the long run, it has a positive ending, it has my blessing.

The other types of struggles, as I like to call them, "positive struggles" are: a high school dropout with the desire to get ahead in life, by getting a college degree. A husband working two jobs, trying to support his family. A person with the goal of gaining or loosing weight. A soccer team who wants to win a championship title. As well as an addict saying not to drugs. All these struggles are worth pursuing, they are all rewarded in the end. As we can see, this "process" can be the building blocks of something remarkable, or the demolisher that can destroy those building blocks in a second. We observe a particular system of principles for the conduct of life.

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