Can You Endure?

“I will stay with it and endure.

And if the heaving sea has shaken my raft to pieces

Then I will swim.”-Homer, The Odyssey

Life isn’t easy.

It never was.

It never will be.

It wasn’t easy for your parents, who had to sacrifice to get you to where you are now.

It wasn’t easy for your grandparents, who lived through even more tumultuous times.

It certainly wasn’t easy for your great grandparents, whose world was rife with conflict, disease, and more.

So, why should we expect life to be easy for us?

Perhaps our technology and interconnected world has made us think so. We see so many people who apparently have it all. Wealth, beauty, happiness, fun, and smiles. We have everything we could possibly want at our fingertips, on-demand and ready to be summoned.

Food, vacations, rides, rentals, work, contractors, communication, employees, yoga, crypto, entertainment, dating, and more.

Everything is available to us.

Everything but an easy life.

Everything but the ability to endure.

Endurance, both physical and mental, cannot be summoned. It has become a lost art, one that has never been more needed nor required.

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