I think that a good education ought to be in part the idea that ease and joy are not synonymous. Some of the most fulfilling pleasures of life are to be found in work - found in work you love to do, work you want to do, work that makes you want to get out of bed in the morning.
Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace.
If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.
You've got to find what you love.