struggle – John Berkovich Talks

Struggle and Why Some People Don’t Know What It Means

I’ve always had a complicated relationship with the word struggle. Real struggle is grinding away at something with no guarantees, scraping by when the payoff is uncertain, and getting judged for it along the way. What pisses me off is when people who’ve never had to deal with any of that toss the word aroundContinue reading “Struggle and Why Some People Don’t Know What It Means”

The Struggle With What Holds Us Together

It’s always struck me as strange — the very thing that holds me together is also the thing I wrestle with the most. For me, that’s my spiritual side. It grounds me, lifts me, and gives me perspective, and yet it’s been a struggle for twenty years. I’ve asked myself countless times: Why would somethingContinue reading “The Struggle With What Holds Us Together”