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What does it mean?
Passion inherently involves struggle.
In plain terms
If you care deeply, you must struggle.
What can you take from it?
Embrace struggle as part of passion.

Where it applies

  • creative work
  • activism
  • relationships

Putting it to work

  • accept challenges in pursuits
  • value effort

Questions to consider

  • Does struggle define passion?
  • Can passion exist without struggle?

Another view

Some passions may be purely internal.

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