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Even though you basically have everything you have ever dreamed of: the fact still remains life is hard. In our modern minds, we think a certain level of achievement or success, or the literal actual tangible dreams of kids, career, and home are met, we will be finally happy and content. But that is not true...our life is yes very blessed and other may envy it or want it, but that doesn't mean its "easy". Its the pride we have in these modern times to look "over the shoulder" and see who could possibly be behind us, or in most cases... ahead. Maybe the worst: the "same". CS Lewis said it best, 'its the comparison that makes us prideful, pride is mere competition'. Without saying it, but almost identically posting it, we are creating an environment of mere competition. I think that is the danger with today's times in men and women alike. More so I would imagine among women with the rise of social media. But more so men in the area that women are the ones still fueling the fire mostly on the materialistic need to live. Now that's super mean right to women? I guess it is. Men want nice things too. But it does seem the urge comes from the mere pressure to just have more. All this is fine. Even without this struggle....mmk okay. Even without this "stuff" or sin present. Life is still hard.