Accept that suffering is a normal part of life, and reciprocally that you're not abnormal for suffering. I feel like a lot of the modern hustle is a false pro

Accept that suffering is a normal part of life, and reciprocally that you're not abnormal for suffering. I feel like a lot of the modern hustle is a false promise, we are told to seek happiness (in the hedonistic sense), and suffering is presented in opposition to this as a failure both personal and existential. But suffering is not a failure, it's a frequent and normal part of life, life musn't stop or be dreaded or resented because you're suffering. And most importantly happiness and suffering can co-exist. That's advice I gathered from personal experience and letters I exchanged with a Franciscan monk a few years back.