You gotta love the struggle. Right? If you love the struggle, you have it made. You can expect the struggle, and meet it head on. And then you struggle. And then, well, it works out one way or another. And then there's the next struggle. And you meet that one too.
I suppose this is a little bit of that Vince Lombardi ethic... or maybe it's a variation of the Buddhist "life is suffering" thing. To love suffering sounds pretty masochistic, but I think you can trick yourself to love the struggle. You know, no pain, no gain.
I mean, don't look to struggle, that would be a negative way to look at life, but don't be surprised if the struggle finds you. And then engage, and do your best.