There’s an interesting paradox in people where choosing to suffer is directly correlated with the will to live.
Initially that might seem like it doesn’t make any sense. I mean how can people who purposely choose the things they don’t want to do every day… how can anyone want that kind of life? Isn’t it about the opposite? Doing things you enjoy?
Well, think of it like this. Every time you get up and make the choice to do something that really sucks. I mean it’s miserable out there. Your body and mind are screaming at you in agony. When you choose that, you’re building your willpower. Again, you’re not forced or compelled. You take a deliberate action for pain while knowing you don’t have to.
Conversely if you take the easier path and you do whatever feels nice and pleases you. Your willpower shrinks. Now, wouldn’t you say those who can will themselves through difficultly have a deeper love for life than those who need a good time just to tolerate it?
When you decide to fight like hell through the worst of situations, but more importantly you remain open and ready for more, that represents your willingness to embrace all of life, even the bad, and that in turn is what gives somebody the kind of meaning which grants a purpose so powerful, there is no such thing as a problem they don’t appreciate.
This is why it’s so important to push hardest when you want to quit the most. It’s the same reason why you have to do your best work when you are the least motivated, it’s because it’s only then can you discover this world that you live in is the best thing to ever happen to you. So stop living for everything that made you, and start living for everything you make. Effort! Everything you got and then some. You want happiness? It’s not free.
If you’re ever in the middle of life’s struggles with all these stressors tearing you apart, and you have to wonder why. Why are you going through all this? It’s because you’re being given an opportunity to love, genuinely. To fulfill yourself, truly. Things you can’t do when everything goes your way.
Well, think of it like this. Every time you get up and make the choice to do something that really sucks. I mean it’s miserable out there. Your body and mind are screaming at you in agony. When you choose that, you’re building your willpower. Again, you’re not forced or compelled. You take a deliberate action for pain while knowing you don’t have to.
Conversely if you take the easier path and you do whatever feels nice and pleases you. Your willpower shrinks. Now, wouldn’t you say those who can will themselves through difficultly have a deeper love for life than those who need a good time just to tolerate it?
When you decide to fight like hell through the worst of situations, but more importantly you remain open and ready for more, that represents your willingness to embrace all of life, even the bad, and that in turn is what gives somebody the kind of meaning which grants a purpose so powerful, there is no such thing as a problem they don’t appreciate.
This is why it’s so important to push hardest when you want to quit the most. It’s the same reason why you have to do your best work when you are the least motivated, it’s because it’s only then can you discover this world that you live in is the best thing to ever happen to you. So stop living for everything that made you, and start living for everything you make. Effort! Everything you got and then some. You want happiness? It’s not free.
If you’re ever in the middle of life’s struggles with all these stressors tearing you apart, and you have to wonder why. Why are you going through all this? It’s because you’re being given an opportunity to love, genuinely. To fulfill yourself, truly. Things you can’t do when everything goes your way.
