Struggle is defined as "the strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance." This is one of many ways one can define struggle. However, this fails to properly describe the many different forms of struggle there are.

Struggle is the student staying up til 3 AM studying for a test the next day.

Struggle is a single mom working double shifts so that her daughter does not have to worry about having books in school.

Struggle is the scholar-athlete waking up at 5AM for practices because that is the only way he can go to college.

Struggle is the person standing up for what they believe in despite society telling them they are wrong.

Struggle is the international student trying to fit in while speaking broken English with a "funny" accent.

Struggle is the student trying to tell her parents that she wants to live her own life.

Struggle is the orphan trying to get over the car crash that killed his parents.

Struggle is the wife trying to get accepted by her husband's family.

Struggle is the man trying to say no to drugs when it seems like all hope is lost.

Struggle is the middle school student trying to fight depression due to her mother committing suicide.

Struggle is the man trying to get a job to support his family while trying to block out people calling him useless and incompetent.

Struggle is the person who wants to practice her faith openly but is afraid of what people will say.

Struggle is the guy who thinks he has AIDS but does not know how to tell his parents.

Struggle is the girl who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but is afraid to tell people for they might think she is "faking it" to get pills.

Struggle is the person who wants to speak out for the inappropriate actions of their boss but needs the job too badly so they keep quiet.

Struggle is the person who thinks they are not "good enough."

Struggle comes in different forms. It is an undeniable part of life. Everyone around us goes through their own personal struggle. Just because you don't know about it does not mean it doesn't exist. Also, comparing what people go through is never okay. Just because something is not a struggle for you does not mean that it is not for someone else. Everyone's different, and has different problems and challenges they face in life. This is something we need to understand, because this is the only way we can become more tolarant and united as a community, as a nation and as a species.