Hard times can build the character, grit, and kind of tenacity one needs to become the greatest version of themselves. If your path hasn’t challenged you in a way that sometimes has made you want to scream and pull your hair out, then you have not tapped into that raw beast of a brain and heart that can take you to the highest places of places. Certainly, life does not need to be harder than it needs to be, but if it has always been comfortable for you, you are undoubtedly capable of doing much, much more. We must endure some level of discomfort to experience growth, or we shall remain stagnant and forgettable.