Catholics think great work comes from misery, suffering and depression. For them, suffering builds character, if you haven't suffered, you don't deserve success.
Conan O' Brien talks about this in his podcast Conan O' Brien Needs a Friend and discusses about this with other very successful (and catholic) guests. Colbert agrees vigorously, and both discuss how they needed all that therapy to get over it. Misery and depression and how it sometimes leads to great work but really it needen't have is generally the theme of the show, it seems like. I guess the title is pretty melancholic.
Do I agree? I would have(?) maybe at some point in the past, and I know people (Nepalis, not catholic) who do believe that suffering should be a fundamental part of the human experience and that's the only way to go up. I have been known to say in the past 'they shouldn't have to put through this, they have suffered enough', meaning there's some amount of suffering that everyone HAS to go through as if it's a debt that needs to be paid. Don't believe that anymore.
Great work comes off of talent, hard work, and most importantly, Grit. You just have to keep on hammering, no matter how circumstances change, how hard everything else gets, how shit life is. You just gotta keep running. It gets easier if you do it for long enough. Really. Life doesn't need to be a pain, success doesn't need to be tortured.
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