Life: "the force that makes or keeps something alive; animation, liveliness, spirit; resilience, elasticity." You hear it more and more: "Life is hard. I'm struggling. I can't take much more." Sometimes the "hard" is what makes it GREAT. The joy, pain, ups, downs, struggles, victories, stench, aromas, hardships, triumphs... Oh, the struggle is the good stuff-- without it we would most likely be bored, spoiled little children.