bearing one's cross
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
Calvary · thorns · struggle · patience · perseverance · trial · hardship · crucifixion · devotion · agony · resignation · humility · faith · redemption · Golgotha · weight · shoulders · carrying
self-sacrifice vs. self-indulgence
bearing one's crosshedonism
Pursuit of gratification
self-indulgence · self-gratification · epicureanism · living it up · pleasure-seeking
burden relationship
bearing one's crossgiving up
Choosing to stop trying
throwing in the towel · passing the buck · walking away · quitting · abdicating