I read it as being optimistic that people can shoulder their burdens and work to improve their lot, without dismissing the fact that people do have outsized bur

I read it as being optimistic that people can shoulder their burdens and work to improve their lot, without dismissing the fact that people do have outsized burdens compared to others. I mean, he talks about his familial issues with chronic depression and his daughter's horrifying medical problems, I can't think of anything more emblematic of "actual struggles".