The Struggle is Real

10/23/2017

According to Winston Groom, "Life is like a box of chocolate. You never know what you're going to get." But what if you did? What if life was always exciting and rewarding? Could you still be happy? What about pain? Suffering? Heartache? Sadness? Are those emotions essential to living completeness? How would you grow? What would you learn from a life full of bliss? Do you need to struggle? Hmm..you decide.

Instructions. Comment on the following prompt: Is struggle essential to happiness? How or Why?

INCLUDE: First initial AND last name AND class period.

Respond in no more than 10 sentences and no less than five. You must also reply to TWO classmate's posts. You cannot post identical comments on different classmates' posts. Posting shallow comments such as "I agree" or "I disagree" will not earn you a passing grade. Make sure your posts address the reply that you are responding to.

Be sure to--

Be clear about your position
Provide specific support for your argument
Use rhetorical devices and other grammar elements
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CAUTION!! Do NOT embarrass me, yourself, your class, the English department, the school or your parents with tasteless, meaningless comments. This is for a grade.

Due: Fri., Oct. 27, 2017 11:59 p.m. CST

D.Moseley-4th/5th pd

10/23/2017 10:36:42 pm

In my eyes, struggling is absolutely essential especially in developing your character. Struggling allows you to be broken down and assist in finding who you are as a person. The decisions you make while struggling portray true colors allowing learned morals and values to take the back seat. That struggle encourages some individuals to work at full potential to avoid or escape the issues. But some individuals use that as an excuse for "why I can't". Who you genuinely are seeps through the cracked reflection of who other people paint you to be .

Victor ajuobi

10/24/2017 08:38:41 am

I agree with your statement about one's morality as that plays a huge factor in one success and happiness. You have to have the right character to keep pushing yourself to do better. Struggling is what makes you successful.

Adrian.G 7th

10/24/2017 05:04:50 pm

if you don't know the struggles in life then you wont appreciate what you have

k.r. link

10/26/2017 11:00:58 am

i agree with Adrian because you don't know whats ahead of you in life and you could get hurt really bad without you knowing

T. Dawson 4th

10/24/2017 12:40:45 pm

I have to agree. A lot of the personality a person has is either developed during or revealed during a hardship. Struggling is essential as it shows your true colors. When a person sees their true colors, they are negligent in accepting what others have to say about them. Discovering yourself is essential to obtain true happiness. Nothing can be accomplished without a struggle.

J. Maple 1st

10/27/2017 08:00:39 pm

A person can’t discover themselves as a bad, selfish person and not be happy? We like to associate being happy with being a good person, and a lot if the times that’s bot the case. If you grow up privileged and selfish without struggle at all, is there a self discovery to be made?

J. Maple 1st

10/27/2017 08:01:46 pm

T.Tate 1st

10/26/2017 11:43:11 am

I believe your statement is true because struggling does allow you to find yourself as a person .It allows you to work harder for what you want .

Keishala B. 1st hour

10/26/2017 04:49:45 pm

I hadn't even touched on how struggles and pain build up one's character. The fact that you included character and wrapped it around to how struggling is a way of strengthening a person's morals and character is amazing.

T.Shelton 1st

10/27/2017 07:48:00 pm

I agree without struggling you wouldn’t know who you truly are . If the world was like that then we wouldn’t go forward .

S. Moncivais 4th

10/27/2017 11:18:25 pm

I have to agree with you Ms. Moseley, struggling helps to build a character because you will now know what are the easy and hard things to deal with.

R. Garcia 1st

10/27/2017 11:58:13 pm

I do agree with you i also think that it is through our struggles that we reveal who we are. However, in your statement, i failed to see how struggle is essential to happiness.

victor ajuobi

10/24/2017 08:36:18 am

I agree that struggling is essential to be happy, as in life the only way to make it in life is to struggle. Struggling is essential in succeeding because every time you fail that means your making progress. In life, you are always told to work hard to get somewhere in life, and that basically includes struggling because that is what life is. To find happiness means that you have overcome your obstacles and now are enjoying the results of your hard work and struggle. Struggling is a part of life and it tells people what they need to do in order to succeed in life.

AdrianG 7th

10/24/2017 05:07:05 pm

struggling in life does help you to be better and learn from your mistakes so you can be successful.

J.Bonilla - 4th Period

10/27/2017 03:55:37 pm

Yes that is true, but does success equal happiness? One can be successful yet miserable.

J.Solomon 1st

10/27/2017 12:30:42 pm

Your statement sits well with my outlook on the manner. Personally i feel a certain level of satisfaction when i overcome a struggle as opposed to achieving something easily. Sometimes you have to be torn down in order to be rebuilt better.

T. Dawson 4th

10/24/2017 12:27:30 pm

Struggling is a must in life. Life is a series of events that consist of struggling to obtain happiness- whether it is a job, a good grade, etc. Without a struggle ,you can't truly appreciate something. If life was just happiness with no struggle, there would be no true happiness. It would just be a boring life where whatever you want is just given to you. If there was no struggle, things such as personal development and true happiness would be nonexistent.

J. Grant

10/24/2017 12:41:52 pm

I totally agree with your statement because again life is not an easy breeze . There are a lot of struggling you have to go through to make the person you is today .Life would be boring and very simple if you didn't struggle

D.Moseley-4th/5th pd

10/24/2017 12:48:34 pm

I agree to a certain extent but if all life was just happiness, which is a temporary feeling, life with struggling is beyond just happiness. It's where you find joy which is a state of mind instead of a simple emotion. But unfortunately everyone in life of hardship isn't promised that joy.

Zakamion Murry 7th period

10/24/2017 05:51:56 pm

I agree, there is no such thing as forever happiness, happiness is only a temporary feeling that everyone gets .Although everyone would want their life to always and stay with happiness.

k.r. 7th link

10/26/2017 11:05:07 am

i agree with Zakamion because of where you live and come from doesn't mean that you will have guaranteed happiness. this is one of those struggles in life.

D. Tonche 1st pd

10/24/2017 07:15:35 pm

I concur with your statement, if life is filled with an endless amount of happiness then creating goals for yourself with be useless.

K. Allen 1st

10/27/2017 07:31:19 pm

I agree with your comment, struggle is essential in one's life, and it helps them appreciate things more knowing that they have struggled before.

S.Moncivais 4th

10/27/2017 11:27:43 pm

Yes Ms. Dawson people must struggle to get what is necessary. If everything in life was easy there will be no space for errors, and if there were you will feel disappointed in yourself because everything was a "fake" happiness and you actually never went to the process to get it.

J.Grant

10/24/2017 12:35:12 pm

I feel like struggle is essential to meet what you need. I feel like everyone goes through a struggle to accomplish there next mission . Struggle is what make life as it is . It set goals for people to over come things.Struggle might be use as a negative connotation but its a completion to happiness. In order to find happiness you have to have obstacles to go through. Struggle is a part of life and let people know that its not an easy breeze

T. Dawson 4th

10/24/2017 12:44:08 pm

I agree. There must be a down side to life, it can't all be rainbows and unicorns. Struggling is known to have a negative connotation. Yet, in the end, struggling has a positive outcome. It is not possible for a person to fully live without any struggles.

B.Criss 5

10/24/2017 12:35:26 pm

Yes struggling is essential to happiness. A struggle leads to something better in life. Its like making a mistake but it turns out yo be a blessing in the long run. No one is perfect so why would you want to live in that way. Everything happens for a specific reason and the world does not revolve around you. Struggling is a part of life and it is normal to do so.

Keishala B 1st hour

10/24/2017 01:03:31 pm

I completely agree that you need to struggle to be happy. If you are just handed everything on a plate it will become less meaningful and you won't feel like you actually done anything.

T.Tate1st

10/26/2017 11:46:13 am

I feel that's true if your handed everything you don't know what's it's like to struggle which is bad because when the time come when your not handed everything .Then your going to be stuck because you don't know how to get things on your own .

R.Young

10/24/2017 05:24:34 pm

I agree , because if you struggled wouldn't that want you to try even harder than you did before? Struggling and Suffering is normal in life .

Zakamion Murry 7th period

10/24/2017 05:49:07 pm

I agree,because a person that has a struggling life will not want to have that struggling life forever, therefore they are going to want something big in life that they want to achieve in their future.

Tyson Thornton 7th link

10/24/2017 07:49:24 pm

With out pain are struggling you'll never want to fight for anything

K. Allen 1st pd

10/24/2017 08:02:29 pm

I completely agree with your statement. You wouldn't know real happiness unless you have struggled.

J.Bonilla - 4th Period

10/27/2017 04:00:33 pm

Struggle may bring you success, but it does not guarantee happiness. Happiness can come from anything even the little things like eating a chocolate bar.

Keishala B. 1st hour

10/24/2017 01:02:11 pm

Yes, suffering and struggle is needed in life. To actually feel like you are accomplishing something you have to have something to struggle against. Triumph is only gained when you have to face stress, sadness, and even sometimes failure. When you feel distress and even other emotions that generally you don't like and you overcome them then it's when you can truly feel like you've accomplished something. Without all of these uncomfortable emotions and problems then life would feel less purposeful.

D. Tonche 1st pd

10/24/2017 07:07:56 pm

I find your comment to be insightful and agreeable, if life consisted of rewards and happiness it will become pointless.

Tyson Thornton 7th link

10/24/2017 07:42:38 pm

True having to ready and reive
All my experiences it would be horrible

F. Imani 1st period

10/24/2017 08:22:15 pm

"To feel like you are accomplishing something you have to struggle against it". This statement holds a lot of truth because almost every success story involves a struggle whether it is internal or external. For example, Oprah Winfrey. She is now one of the wealthiest black women in the world. If you were to read about her life or to listen to an interview about her life, you would wonder how she triumphed through so much adversity. A woman like her was not supposed to beat what society or the statistics said., She is now full of happiness despite her life struggles.

E. Hernandez 6th

10/27/2017 09:35:54 am

I agree, you won't accomplish things without having to struggle through things during your path.

T.Shelton 1st

10/27/2017 07:50:47 pm

I couldn’t have said it better keis . Triumph helps so much in an everyday life and can only be gained on way .

J. Maple 1st

10/27/2017 09:38:28 pm

When I make a project or get an A on a test, I feel triumphant whether I work for it or not. Not all happiness has to come from living a hard life. Happiness is a state of mind that can come from any circumstance, and it can come from the small things too.

R.Young 6th

10/24/2017 05:22:46 pm

Life might sound good when its exciting and rewarding but struggle and suffering is actually needed in life if you struggle that'll make you want to try even harder and then that leads to success, rewards and excitement.

D. Rodriguez 7th

10/27/2017 03:45:31 pm

I have to agree with you. without struggle, there really is no way of being able to learn from your mistakes. Struggle has its pros too. It makes you feel better about the happiness that comes from all the hard work and effort and mistakes you've made.

Zakamion Murry

10/24/2017 05:46:41 pm

In my opinion, some struggles can lead to bigger and better things in a persons future. No ones life can always be perfect ,it always has to be a down part of ones life. Although it would be nice if someones life is perfect but it can not. A struggle makes u want to achieve something better in your life.

camren harris

10/24/2017 06:31:44 pm

Yeah yeah "Life is like a box of chocolate" cause there was things I didn't think I would be able to achieve but look at me now. What if life was always exciting and rewarding, life would be nice if it was always exciting and rewarding but life just doesn't work like that , Everybody has those times of mental or physical stress and those things come into life to build our character . Pain, Suffering, Heartache, and Sadness, are emotions that are essential to living they help us to grow.

D.Hearne 1st

10/26/2017 06:16:12 pm

You are right. If everything was perfect all the time there wold be no problems. Without problems we wouldn't learn from and overcome certain obstacles and grow as a person.

Cameron Witcher 6th period

10/26/2017 10:25:38 pm

I agree. Pain and struggle do help build character and mold us into who we are today.

D. Tonche 1st pd

10/24/2017 07:04:02 pm

It think pain is necessary in life so we could learn and appreciate the good in life. Pain is what motivates us to get up in the morning to fix it and find contentment in our life. From a scientific viewpoint, pain is imperative for the safekeeping of the human body. It serves as a warning for our body to be cautious around hazardous things. This can also apply to a person's emotional and mental well being. To sum up this narrative, pain is a substantial part of life that we cannot change nor remove but we can learn from it.

Keishala B. 1st hour

10/26/2017 04:44:13 pm

I completely agree with your statement, in fact I hadn't thought about it on the physical standpoint of pain. Your statements on how physical pains are crucial for the proper treatment and maintenance of the human body is very insightful.

D. Rodriguez 7th

10/27/2017 03:52:00 pm

I agree with your opinion. Pain and mistakes is something that builds up character and strength. It helps use learn from mistakes and embrace them to make better, everyday choices. Without the making of mistakes, we would be a nobody, and we would believe we are strong and powerful, when in reality, we just do not know how to react to wrong.

Tyson Thornton 6th link

10/24/2017 07:39:38 pm

Me personally I would love to rewind
Time but at the same time it would suck
Because all my relationship and love would be erased

Alexandria F. 7

10/25/2017 07:27:36 pm

I understand where you are coming from. Having mistakes are imporant because you need to learn from them. If you always knew what you were gonna get the life wouldn't be such a supirse anymore. It would always be boreing. The bad times make the good times better.

D. Hearne 1st

10/26/2017 06:33:13 pm

Why would you want to re wind time? Because you made a couple of mistakes? The thing making you feel like turning back the clock is called penitence. If you were happy all the time you wouldn't feel that way. You also might not have done what you did to feel that way. You feel this way because good and bad and happy and sad exist. If sad and bad didn't exist you wouldn't have any regret or need to go back in time. Therefore, happiness and sadness go hand in hand.

F. Imani Ist period

10/24/2017 07:58:36 pm

There are people who grew up with a silver spoon in their mouths, and never have to want for anything. As they become older, they spend money on useless things to make them feel and or look good to fill the void of not being happy. Whereas, there are people who have struggled throughout their lives are almost always the happiest. With that being said, struggling is essential to happiness. When you struggle through plight and triumph through it, you realize how that you can do anything as long as you try. In addition, it makes you appreciative of what you have. This is how true happiness comes about.

I. Chancellor 1st period

10/27/2017 11:19:14 am

Not only did they grow up with a silver spoon in their mouths and never have to want for anything, but also, they get what they want, and when they wanted. In agreement, they do buy luxurious, to fill that void of not being happy. With all honesty, they are the happiest, because they look forward to the greater things in the future. In like manner, struggling is essential to happiness, With all honesty, that does happen, because going through gives you hope for tomorrow and once you get out of it, you get a sense of pride that you made it through the storm, making you happy. Also, it does make you appreciative to things, even the little things ,that you would have not been appreciative of before. In conclusion, this is how true happiness comes about and not superficial happiness.

K. Allen 1st pd

10/24/2017 08:00:50 pm

I think pain and suffering is essential in life, because pain motivates you it helps you grow as a person and you learn from your mistakes. If a person doesn't experience any kind of pain then how do they know that their life is "the good life"? How would they know if they're messing up their life or if they're simply just missing a lesson that they should have learned. You will only know victory and joy if you have struggled and felt pain before. Struggling is simply a part of life.

F. Imani 1st period

10/24/2017 08:51:18 pm

I don't agree with your statement that pain motivates you. I believe that being optimistic during the pain and working hard to rid the pain is what motivates you. In addition, you stated "If a person doesn't experience any kind of pain then how do they know that their life is the "good life"?" A person knows if they live the"good life", it's just the matter of them not taking the opportunity to make their life good. Other than that, I agree with everything you said.

D. Parker 1st Period

10/25/2017 08:30:03 am

I concur with your statement. You contradicted yourself when you said pain isn’t necessary but optimism during negative times motivates you. By that statement, you admit that struggle is needed to perservere. I do agree that optimism and hard work during difficult situations is beneficial however.

D. Parker 1st period

10/25/2017 08:27:26 am

I agree with your statement. If it had not been for pain and conflict, many important movements would not have started. People wouldn’t have been inspired to create art or question society/morals. Pain obviously isn’t good, but it is essential.

D Parker

10/25/2017 08:25:46 am

I have to disagree heavily with the idea that life without conflict would be better. Conflict is necessary for life to function properly. It is impossible to avoid problems because they form due to rifts between surroundings, morals and people. If things were always the way we wanted them, life would be easier but it would lose its sustenance and you would lose your will to fight or strive for something better. We would become slothful and indulge in gluttony. Arguments and discourse can be hard to deal with, but they are needed so people can learn to appreciate what they have and try to work towards what they want.

Sherrell Jones 7th Period

10/25/2017 04:45:55 pm

Acceptance and determination. You have to accept where you are in life to be happy in the moment, but you need determination to keep moving forward. The moment I realized what I wanted in life... everything changed , Even though I've still got ways to go having that sense of purpose and determination is incredible. My three steps are Accept the part, live in the present, and plan in the future.

Alexandria F. 7

10/25/2017 07:16:42 pm

You have to work and learn a lesson before you get a rewarded. Stuggling is needed in life, happines comes when one has worked hard to get it.

Cameron Witcher 6th Period

10/26/2017 10:22:41 pm

I disagree. You were not born into the world depressed, you most likely grew up happy and loved and pain and struggle wasn’t really exsistent.

J.Jackson 7th

10/27/2017 06:11:53 am

I see what you are saying, but what happens once you get to a certain level? Such as school, jobs or the temptations there will always be struggle no matter what. There are people in the world that probably did grow up happy and no struggle but once they got older the struggles came.

k.r. 7th link

10/26/2017 11:09:05 am

Going through struggles is a way to some success but not all and that's what happiness is to some people, but others just want to get to places that others are at. you never know where you might end up in this unknown world.

camren harris 7th

10/28/2017 03:25:48 pm

i agree "going through struggles is a way to some success" its like saying "you have to go through the dark to the light" cause every thing is not going to be easy you really have to try your hardest to achieve success

T.Tate1st

10/26/2017 12:02:14 pm

I believe suffering can take you a long way that comes out to be a good thing. All those people that are successful in life didn't have as much as they have now . Struggling makes you work harder for what you want, it makes you strive for the best and never give up until you have reached your goal. I feel if you haven't struggled and just was handed everything you don't know how it feels to work hard . Struggling allows you to feel more accomplished and it brings more joy to your life because when you have accomplished something that you never thought you would .Its like a happy feeling that you never felt before also you gain more while struggling and you learn from your mistakes that you made leading up to your accomplishments.

J.Solomon

10/27/2017 12:34:15 pm

I concur with your statement; struggle is a very motivational thing. When faced with a challenge I'm too arrogant to just take the easy way out.

D.Hearne 1st

10/26/2017 06:12:56 pm

Life can't always be lollipops and rainbows. Shadows can't exist without light. If sadness and hurt didn't exist and everyone was happy all the time then being happy would be the norm.Let's say there is a song you think is really good, if every song was really good then that song would lose it's novelty. Without sadness, you would have nothing to compare to how happy you are. Happiness wouldn't exist if we didn't know about being sad or hurt.

Cameron Witcher 6th period

10/26/2017 10:20:02 pm

I believe that you can live without struggle to achieve happiness. If you grew up only knowing happiness then what would change that? Struggle could help reach happiness and even may be more rewarding, but what if you’re stuck in the struggle and pain, then you would never reach happiness. Pain and struggle can also take your happiness and you may not be able to get it back easily.

Jackson.J 7th

10/27/2017 05:57:02 am

I would have to disagree, because if you grew up without struggles and just happiness, that makes you think is the person disciplined? Is the person well trained? If you grow up knowing no other emotion than happiness how will you react when something occurs?

Z.Williams

10/27/2017 11:41:28 pm

I agree that you can be happy, but to what extent? Happiness that is achieved when you gain things with no effort is only temporary, eventually you will crave more things until you have gained more than anyone around you, this is because a true accomplishment is achieved when someone has experienced pain and suffering, they will be satisfied due to the things they had to give up in order to reach their goal. For example, Floyd Mayweather, this man has trained majority of his life and has reached his status in result, the broken bones, the pain, and sorrow all paid off and now he is a billionaire and satisfied.

J.Jackson 7th

10/27/2017 05:53:48 am

Without struggle how will you know what to do when something greater comes? When you struggle it is helping you build character, memory, and lessons you can use later if you have a struggle. Since no one is perfect we are going to struggle, those who are successful have once struggled.

C. McCowin 7th

10/27/2017 10:42:27 pm

I agree with your statement because basically there's nothing to having only happiness in life. Having sadness and pain in the past will help you with what to do with whatever will happen in the future. What are you going to do about that if you only have happiness?

Z. James 1st

10/27/2017 11:45:27 pm

Not putting work won't get you anywhere

Jalen Butler

10/27/2017 07:20:17 am

I believe that if everything made you happy then there would be no such thing as happiness. For life to feel rewarding there has to be some type of balance with the good and bad. There is a need to the struggle for there to be happyiness. Brought up without struggle can result to an unknown way to handle it when it occurs.

Kalebwashington 6th

10/27/2017 12:54:05 pm

I agree. If i was given happiness what would life be about if ur happy what would make life better

D.Molo

10/27/2017 06:57:53 pm

I concur with this comment because I believe that everything has to have a balance ,or an opposite that what makes things good or bad.

hope a 1st period

10/27/2017 08:15:20 am

Knowing the struggles of life will always be important. If you do not struggle, you can never tell yourself that you've lived life to the fullest. Trial and error are things that build character. If you're raised with all sunshine and rainbows, you won't be prepared to experience the real world when mom and dad are gone. Mistakes help us learn, so that we don't make the same mistakes again. But if you never make that mistake, you'll never have the experience you need. I think society should stop trying to make life perfect, because it wont ever benefit us. We should focus more on working through life.

E. Hernandez 6th

10/27/2017 09:34:28 am

I agree, people who don't struggle will never learn from their mistakes. They won't know how to react when something goes bad.

I. Chancellor 1st period

10/27/2017 08:25:59 am

Struggling is essential to having happiness, in our daily lives. With all honesty, without struggle there would be no true happiness in life, due to everything being so happy and monotonous. When you struggle, it makes you appreciate the little things in life, that you would've never liked in the past, and it gives you hope for the future, to press through what you are going through right now. Like I said, without struggling you would just be use to happiness, resulting in not having true happiness, but having superficial happiness that is already there. In conclusion, struggling is essential to having happiness, because without struggling, life would become so monotonous and you would suffer from having superficial happiness.

B. Haynes 1st

10/27/2017 11:17:22 pm

While I don't agree with your overall response, I do agree with the fact that struggle can make you appreciate the little things that you didn't appreciate before. For instance, when I was having a hard time in math and kept failing my tests, I was insanely discouraged. When I passed my first math test, I was very happy and I felt accomplished.

Z. James 1st

10/27/2017 11:43:51 pm

Exactly, I rather be truly happy than putting in a fake smile.

E. Hernandez 6th

10/27/2017 09:31:30 am

I believe the only way you'll be truly happy is through struggling. If you want to be happy in the future, you have to go through the pain. You would suffer more throughout your life without struggle. It's hard to have true happiness without going through rough times. If you don't struggle you won't know how to deal with things in the future.

N.brown 1st

10/27/2017 10:53:25 am

I truly agree but at the same time life the quote said “life is like a box of chocolates ,you may never know what you get “ , so most people can say struggling has help them to be the “happy person “ they are but most are still going through their struggles and allowing it (The struggle ) to over take them

I. Chancellor 1st period

10/27/2017 12:59:26 pm

In like manner, I think the only way to be truly happy, is when you struggle. In addition, going through the storm helps you have hope for the future, so when you get out of the storm, you would be able to be happy. With all honesty, it is really hard to have true happiness without going through a situation. In conclusion, a person would not understand how to cope with stress and a predicament, due to not going through anything in their lifetime.

C. McCowin 7th

10/27/2017 10:37:02 pm

I agree with your statement because I believe that having multiple emotions are part of life and can help you through out your life. If you only have happiness in your life, you would probably start to get tired of it.

B. Haynes 1st

10/27/2017 11:10:49 pm

I see what you're trying to say. Without the struggle, we wouldn't know how to appreciate true happiness, and to be honest, I disagree. You don't necessarily have to struggle to be happy. Also, what about the people that have struggled and are still unhappy with themselves and their lives?

N.Brown 1st

10/27/2017 10:48:45 am

Life could never be ALWAYS exciting and joyful ,because if it was/is people wouldn’t know how to learn LIFE’S Lessons . When living life we are supposed to be taught the good and the bad so living an exciting life EVERYDAY ,wouldn’t be such an good idea ,because you would wake up every morning ,knowing that you are about to have basically the same type of day . Basically saying you really won’t have much to look forward to because you already know that’s ahead for you

T.Shelton 1st

10/27/2017 10:48:52 am

You can’t learn anything from a life of bliss , it’s not possible. From pain & suffering is how you grow . If you decide to be bliss you become naive and just take stuff without question. Also not everything deserves a reward and not everything will be exciting but that will also become very boring. Always knowing , always omniscient becomes boring . What’s the excitement in knowing what’s coming around the corner . As once quoted in a deadpool comic book ,”You got to remember no matter how bad things get that life is fluid. There’s always the chance that something great is waiting around the next corner. You just have to find a way to keep rounding corners. “

J.Solomon 1st period

10/27/2017 12:26:42 pm

A life with no problems would open many opportunities for anyone and destroy them as an individual. Although, living a life of bliss can seem like an extravagant way to live; it could be the downfall of a person's success. Becoming too comfortable corrupts a tenacious attitude of pursuing one's goals. When given access to luxuries our abilities begin to diminish both mentally and physically. Initially this might not seem like a big deal until we no longer have access to those luxuries and are forced too rely on our unmaintenanced survival skills and instincts. Having a blissful life could lead to much success just as it could be the cause of a person's failure.

A.Moore

11/7/2017 04:02:06 pm

I agree with your response

Kalebwashington 6th

10/27/2017 12:47:37 pm

D. Rodriguez 7th

10/27/2017 03:15:57 pm

in my personal opinion, i believe struggle is needed to be happy. Whenever you struggle, your able to learn from whats right and whats wrong. Struggle not only leads you to being correct, but it also builds up who are, and makes you a better person.Without struggle, things would be too easy for use and we would not know how to prepare ourselves for failure and life. Struggle is needed to prepare us for reality, and it makes your life more interesting, without struggle, everything would be so perfect and boring.

D.Molo

10/27/2017 06:53:57 pm

I agree with this comment. Reason being is that it’s true that if things are too easy you wouldn’t be prepared for any adversity.

J.Bonilla - 4th

10/27/2017 03:52:31 pm

Although it may appear so, struggle is not essential to happiness. For instance, children are a symbol of happiness. During childhood there is a minimal amount of struggle present yet children light up and are genuinely happy. As the human mind develops or matures it grasps onto a different mindset than that of a child, it starts to believe that struggle must be present in order to succeed or feel satisfaction. Perhaps it is because children have the idea that they can be anyone they want once they grow up and there is an unlimited time to achieve those goals.

S. Moncivais

10/27/2017 04:27:49 pm

I have to agree with this prompt, struggle is essential to obtain happiness. A lot of people in this world have never lost someone who is close to them. When someone else is telling them about something they are going through they don't understand how it feels. When people struggle with something, it helps them understand something they never thought they would. Struggle cannot only be pain, it can also be something in school, friendships , etc. Something that is not easy for them to go through in a certain period of time. Whenever a person faces an obstacle , they value the lessons learned and themselves.

D.Molo

10/27/2017 06:51:47 pm

I believe that’s struggle is very essential to happiness. Reason being is that when you fail over and over again, and then finally succeed it make you appreciate it more. Things that are just given to don’t hold too much sentimental value unless there was a tragedy of some sort. To be happy it is good to go through some adversity, so that you know that you are strong enough to make it out of adversity. Without struggle you could have the feeling of you’ve just accomplished something.

J. Maple 1st

10/27/2017 07:01:42 pm

Struggle is not essential for happiness. If you want to be happy, the will to be it has to come from within yourself. There are plenty of people that went through a struggle and are still miserable. For example, Henry Hoover grew up impoverished, and when he became president, he left America even deeper in the Great Depression. If we’re to assume he was happy with that reputation then struggle does create happiness. However, his successor FDR, grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth, and he ultimately left America at the start of the end of the Great Depression. Also, you don’t necessarily need a struggle to be happy. According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy or needs, from a psychological perspective,happiness comes from security, friends, love etc. Happiness is a state of mind that can be created no matter the circumstances, past or present.

Z.Williams

10/27/2017 07:14:13 pm

Yes, struggle is essential for happiness. If things are obtained easily with no challenge, there is no way passionate emotions can grow within yourself. In the heat of a moment during a hard task adrenaline is pumping, you are focused, and only the outcome is in the mind of the person. While struggling, you realize that nothing in life is easy and it pushes one to try harder; and once it is over not only will you achieve happiness but confidence and maturity, you will acknowledge yourself for completing the task that you once said you couldn't do and sacrificed your time to complete. In conclusion, once you finish it weather it be an assignment, a sport, or survival you will become a better person and achieve happiness.

W.Crawford III

10/27/2017 11:22:53 pm

I agree passionate emotions will never grow if there is not hard times.

Ty Smith 6th

10/27/2017 10:10:27 pm

I agree struggle is most of the time necessary for happiness.There would be no happiness without struggle. Struggling is difficult and challenging, but without it, we would not know the difference between pleasure and hardship. We can't have happiness without the struggles.

C. McCowin 7th

10/27/2017 10:32:59 pm

I believe that struggle is essential for happiness because one way for you to succeed and become happy is to have struggles and fails. If you only have happiness in your heart, you will start to get bored of having only happiness because you don't know the feeling of other emotions. Honestly, having hurt, sadness, and pain is part of life. You are never going to learn about you're feelings if you are happy all the time. If you have noticed, you experience about 5 emotions a day. Sadness, madness, relaxed, happiness, and maybe hurt.

B. Haynes 1st

10/27/2017 11:10:13 pm

The word happiness means a different thing to every individual person. Some may see it as a state of mind where you are at ease and there are no longer any worries in the world waiting for you, while others may see it as one moment or event that makes you feel accomplished. For me, I don’t think struggle is essential for happiness, but has the ability to enhance one’s happiness. In other words, from what I see, a lot of people refer to happiness as success, when in my mind these two things are completely different. Struggle is not something you need to be happy, but more or less something that can lead you to the way. Now, in terms of success, that would be a different story.

Brianna B. 6th

10/27/2017 11:46:22 pm

I total agree with you.

A.Moore

11/7/2017 03:59:21 pm

I agree everybody has a different way of taking in things

W.Crawford III 1st

10/27/2017 11:21:20 pm

Struggle is essential to happiness. If you want to find out the true character of a man see how he act under pressure or in other words when he is struggling. Pressure bust pipes , but also creates warrior. Therefore, yes struggling is essential to happiness.

Z. James 1st

10/27/2017 11:42:05 pm

Struggle is essential to happiness, without it you won't be able to learn new lessons. If a person chooses the easy route instead of learning to struggle they would lose and/or won't learn many life lessons. Struggling builds humbility and good character, as well. In every career if your do want to be successful you will have to struggle and push your boundaries. Struggling teaches you how to actually work for what what you want. Struggling is the thing that will make you better a what you do.

Brianna B. 6th

10/27/2017 11:43:32 pm

If we didn't know what struggle was then we wouldn't know the pain and struggle everybody goes through to get what we want or what they want.

R. Garcia 1st

10/27/2017 11:54:27 pm

I think that struggle is essential to happiness because without it we would be unable to recognize what happiness is. In a life filled with nothing but happiness, we would become desensitized to feeling happy so much that at the end we would not be able to feel anything anymore. It is safe to say that happiness is synonymous to pleasure, and in that point take the example of a person who utilizes drugs. People often use drugs to feel pleasure, which is why they keep coming back for them, however, if they are always on a high, they reach a point where they feel a numbness. The high, or pleasure is only enjoyable when there is a contrast between feelings. In this way struggle is necessary for us to be able to recognize and feel happiness because it.

A.Moore

11/7/2017 03:56:17 pm

Life is like a box of chocolate, if you knew what you were getting I'm pretty sure you would prepare for what is coming. If life was so exciting and rewarding the world would be very peaceful. Struggling is essential in opinion because when you are struggling it makes you want to give 110%. Struggling can make you better person, and even shape your life etc. Struggling pays off at the end.

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