I've used this labor analogy several times over the years, but it's worth repeating. When you set out to increase yourself or better yourself, you will be met with an opposing force. In Serendipity, a character quotes Epictetus saying, "If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." That's generally how it goes, and many will reject you for being so selfish to think about yourself. But, there will be other more spiritual opposition that you will face.
Witches believe in the balance of the spiritual, long before Star Wars invented Jedis. That's why you always see sacrifice before good in their spells. Even the very good show Once Upon a Time repeatedly said that magic comes "with a cost" and good things came with negative ones. It's why witches are so quick to suggest putting away anger rather than using magic to harm someone. I think there's room for it, if it is more defensive, but that's what they believe, despite the stereotype that they want to curse you and eat your children.
But, it's true that seeking more comes after struggle. A child is born after many months of pains that cumulate into a very intense struggle, right before you see the child born into the world. Women parents understand that struggle is a part of gaining, because they lived it with a child. Single men and women understand it from having to work for money or exercise for fitness. If you want good, be prepared for evil. The two always go together, and anyone that wants to skip the evil will lack the good.
I'll end with a quote before I go exercise before a half day of work on Sunday as I increase myself by my various forms of labor. I wish you all effective use of your struggling, today as well.
"You never plow a field by turning it over in your mind." Irish Proverb
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