Do we need to suffer for success?

No pain, no gain! This could be the most common quote you’ve heard in your whole life.

If you haven’t tasted the bitterness of failure, of pain, you cannot achieve success. Even if you have, success never tastes sweet if it doesn’t carry the salt of your never-ending crying nights.

But, is this the only way to achieve the things you've always wished for?

Does growth only come from uneasiness?
Is discipline only real when it drains your joy?
Does ambition only get achieved if you abandon the small joys and focus solely on the never-ending then?
Can success not sprout from ease and joy?
What if, while running a marathon with the finishing line in mind, you fall midway due to deprivation? What if you miss out on enjoying the moments, snacks, or water along the way?
Can you chase your dreams without running from your life?

In the digital world, one cannot gatekeep people from learning without suffering. As it all comes in an entertainment way, information can be fed through entertainment, coining the term infotainment.
Where learning no longer demands your silence at a desk or your stillness at a table.
It can now reach you in the middle of a laugh, a scroll, or a meme. If knowledge arrives with a smile and joy, do you still need pain to receive it?

The endless candles, sleepless nights, revisiting old-age libraries, and asking permissions from the privileged for their time, all came to an end.
Be it in any field, people started finding the opening.
Cashing in on the opportunity now solely depends on the person.

Are you suffering now?

So, do we need to suffer for success?

What if true success lies not in the sacrifices we make, but in finding joy in the journey itself?