To battle through difficulty *can* produce more worthwhile enjoyment than just an easy ride.

As an example, I get a helluva lot from struggling though some of my favourite fiction and then suddenly seeing (as an analogy) the glorious view round the next bend in the journey ... far better than being faced with an easy view that I did not have to struggle towards. In fact, the 'view' is half-created by the struggle to reach it as well as simply by the 'view'-in-itself.

Or to struggle and to fail ... is, possibly, an enjoyable lesson, too. To struggle, fail and still not learn the lesson, however, is a tragedy.

The battle is half the battle.