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user-inactivated · 3725 days ago · link · · parent · post: Great personal growth cannot be accomplished without hardship? Hardship makes a person better?
Further: Doesn't this make my point for me? He was freely given comfort, but rejected it for purely endogenous reasons.It seems likely to me that Marcus sought out what 'hardship' that he could, seeing an inherent value in it, as opposed to having it thrust upon 'im. To be fair that distinction wasn't drawn during this discussion and there's certainly a different flavor to such experience, in that you can opt to stop 'handships' you willingly undertake at any point in time. You have the luxury of being in control, I guess.