In the ideal world life could have been wonderful without any opposition and everything going as desired. However, the reality this life is war. By virtue of being alive you have no option but to fight. If you are not ready to fight you will become a victim of the vicissitudes of life. All people who made impact and become accomplish had to contend will all opposing forces on their way. It is true nothing worthwhile comes on the silver platter. It is interesting that even a new life is birthed after a lot of pushing and that in many ways signifies how the rest of life will be lived, pushing against all insurmountable opposition.
It takes a tenacious resilient attitude to prevail in this life. One of the fiercest wars ever since the begging of time is to serve God