As I sit here beside the window of my flat in the centre of Edinburgh, rain battering the window, I am reminded of the unpredictability of the world. One minute it’s sweltering outside, people complaining that it’s too hot, thenext, the heavens open and we are drenched to the skin whilst we walk home, livid in our t-shirts and shorts. The world can be a very uneasy and unpredictable place to live, however the practice of embracing struggle leads us to a path of anticipation and calm. We can prepare ourselves for whatever the world throws at us, because we’ve been struggling this whole time, so what’s some unpredictable struggle going to do? It will only make us stronger, but only if we let it. The unfortunate binary of the world is that theburden of suffering can break one and reinforce another. It’s down to you to decide which one you’ll be. Will you be the one who bitches and complains on their way to retirement, or will you buckle up, (wo)man up and achieve something meaningful, never thinking of retirement because life is worth living now, in the present, not longing for a future of old age and inaction.