Struggle or Stream?

I've been thinking lately about two different approaches to this thing we call life.

The first is the idea that life is hard, a struggle that we must manage, go after, seize and battle with the ultimate goal of success.  We live striving to make it to the top.

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The other idea is that life is not a struggle and more like a floating stream.  We guide ourselves along the stream but we don't fight against the current, we surrender to it.

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Struggle or Stream --  what do you think?

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