Photographers: what are the biggest positives of your career? Tell me the goods please!

Hi my fellow photographers. We hear the struggles of photography all the time and it's kinda discouraging to people who enjoy photography or the business of it. I want to invite you to share the bests of photography. What has photography brought to your life ? Tell me all the goods!! If you are living comfortably on photography money, I really want to hear from you tooo!!! What are some negative photography advices we shouldn't listen to? Maybe you experienced the opposite....