Srs. Are there any people that don't really have to struggle and just cruise through life as if they won the lottery? Edit: Not as in money necessarily but are within the top 1% of humans of good genetics (intelligence, health, aesthetics, good social skills etc.) you know what I mean
My counter-question is, if easy mode was an option, would you choose it? I'm currently living like I'm playing Dark Souls right now...
Absolutely would not choose it. It's the journey and hard work to the greatness that makes it worth it. I personally wouldn't change a thing about my life. The struggle is good.
Actually there are many beautiful women and rich people who are depressed and struggling in their own way I think a soul which is enlightened with knowledge of god has an easy life..... Though their outside struggles are visible but they know how to achieve that inner peace Correct me if I'm wrong
I agree, a lot of people who seem to have everything on the outside often struggle the most with finding their inner happiness. I think one is a direct result of the other. Someone who never got to discover their personal value because of getting everything for free can't really feel fulfilled as a person.
I think even a question to think for oneself is, what would be an easy life? How many suicides come from those wealthy, “beautiful”, successful, talented, etc? Do you imagine that your life would be easy if you just “have” whatever quality or possession? What would your life look like if it was? So what does an “easy” life really look like? And why do you actually want one? Why would you desire one? Is easy the quality of life to seek and try to create in your life? The human brain can be dangerously lazy.
I think everyone is suffering, some more and some less. When I read your question Saudi Arabian oil sheiks came to my mind. They are kind of isolated from our lifestyles and are so rich that there is almost nothing that they cannot buy. Then again, when I read stories about what they are doing to sex workers that they party with... I'm not so sure if this kind of life is really psychologically healthy. Also, they are not really cruising through life. They need to be careful not to get robbed or scammed all the time. And according to a study, the happiest US Americans have a salary of $83,000. Most lottery winners wind up miserable eventually. So money is not the answer.
If there's one thing I've learned, suffering is important for everyone. Without suffering in one's life, there is no mode for personal growth or change. Without having to deal with hardships, you don't grow as a person or can look back and feel you lived a productive life. Being a beautiful woman to a rich family. I wouldn't want that life. I'd rather live a like that I worked hard for. Where the hard work pays off, and I advanced in my life. Even though I'm young (22), I've been through a lot in life that I can look back on and feel proud of overcoming. If you want the easy way out, all power to you, but it's not something I would do. On a completely unrelated note, I've known people from high school whom were born into rich families. Guess what, their parents were always at work and they got whatever they wanted. Pretty much all of them went to drugs, living at home, have little to no drive.
These are questions with no real answers. Some religions like Buddhism have tried to answer these questions. Life is inherently unfair.
For the little time that I've lived on this Earth, I realized that pretty quickly. It's really unfortunate, smh. But this begs another question though: why is life so unfair?
This times 10. People who are rich or good looking can still be born with disabilities or mental health problems. They could also be born into abusive families or develop substance abuse problems. I don't think anyone really has it on easy mode. It may seem like it at times, but everyone has problems of some kind.
These are all good answers. The reason I asked this is because life has thrown shit at me full force recently and I have no option but to endure it all obviously, so I was curious to know how much struggling is normal..I feel so alone in my problems at times. It's weird how the universe presents us with different challenges--it's all just random chaos on the grand scheme of things, some just get luckier than others I guess
yeah I somewhat agree, but in the traditional sense of "success" ie rich and popular they are on easy mode
Probably not. everything is relative. Each person responds to a problem in their life differently so so problems are more difficult for people than others.