some really good food for thought here, thank you for sharing! I do think there's wisdom in what you're saying. For me, while going through a trying time psychologically, I realized how much value there is in embracing and even enjoying the hardships in life, rather than just enduring them. Not that you have to be happy about everything, but learning to see the beauty in the struggle is a very powerful antidote to some of consumerism's most soul-sucking tendencies.