People tell me all the time…
- It’s hard to get wealthy.
- It’s hard to grind.
- It’s hard to be focused.
- It’s hard to stay motivated.
- It’s hard to stay broke.
- It’s hard to stay depressed.
- It’s hard to stay governed by anxiety.
- It’s hard to be consistent.
- It’s hard to be broke.
- It’s hard to be poor.
You get to decide whether or not you're going to sit there and let life knock you down or dare to get back up.
- It’s hard to practice perseverance.
- It’s hard to practice compassion.
- It’s hard to set personal goals.
- It’s hard to take care of yourself.
- It’s hard to live in bitterness.
- It’s hard to be jealous of somebody.
- It’s hard to let yourself go.
- It’s hard to not be satisfied.
It will be difficult to humble yourself and rid yourself of the disease of ego, pride, and comparison.
- It’s hard to be an introvert.
- It’s hard to be an extrovert.
- It can be hard to be single.
- It can be hard to be in a marriage.
- It’s hard to wake up early.
- It’s hard to wake up late.
There is a reward on one side of pain and there is regret on the other side of pain. If you want the reward you're going to have to persevere, you're going to need endurance, and you're going to need to be consistent. On the other side of that coin there is the pain of regret - and the pain of regret will hurt you.
You want the pain…
- You want the pain of finishing something.
- You want the pain of persevering.
- You want the pain of forgiving your haters.
- You want the pain of forgiving people.
- You want the pain of letting it go.
- You want the pain of discipline.
- Embrace the pain of growth.
- Embrace the pain of acquiring new skill sets and talents.
- Embrace the pain of managing your time well.
- Embrace the pain of waking up early.
- Embrace the pain of praying when your didn’t feel like it.
- Embrace the pain of forgiving when you don’t feel like it.
Every single day of your life, when you wake up, choose the pain, the anguish, the irritation, and the frustration that will lead to your strength and reward tomorrow.
You, and only you, get to learn how to turn your pain into power.
So consider this your wake-up call.
What most people fail to realize is that pain is inevitable and unavoidable.
There is no path in life without pain. Whatever it is that you’re going after, whoever it is that you’ve been destined to become, you cannot have it, you will not become it – without pain.
You will face challenges and difficulties regardless if you are single, if you are married, if you are a stay-at-home mom, a stay-at-home father, if you are an entrepreneur, if you are working a 9-5, if you are an educator, if you are an athlete, if you are a musician, if you are a singer or producer.
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you are doing – pain is inevitable.
If you are going to hurt like this, bleed like this, cry like this – cry because you are in the best shape of your life. Cry because you are conditioned to weather the uphill war. Cry because you are building your relationship. Cry because you are building your business. Cry because you are building your legacy. Cry because you passed the test and because you gave it everything you had in your heart.
Everything in life comes with hardship.
Make a decision at some juncture and you will encounter pain – and the moment that you get acquainted with pain you get acquainted with hardship. You realize that no matter what you do, no matter how much you study, no matter how much you plan – you will not be able to avoid a measure of pain.
If you don’t go to the gym it’s going to hurt you and if you do go to the gym it’s going to hurt you. Your muscles are going to cramp or tear, but on the other side of that pain there is a reward. You won’t regret taking care of your body when you make those healthy decisions.
It's the reward of discipline. It's the reward of longevity. It's the reward of power.
Do you want results? Do you want a reward?
Or do you want regrets?
The decision is yours. It’s all hard. So choose choose your pain – because it is inevitable and it is unavoidable. Pick your pain.
- It’s hard to let go of the past.
- It’s hard to give some of your time.
- It’s hard to give your talent.
- It’s hard to balance work and life.
- It’s hard to acquire new skills.
- It’s hard to be stagnant.
- It’s hard to be a workhorse.
- It’s hard to be lazy.
- It’s hard to learn how to manage and cultivate relationships.
- It’s hard to learn from your experiences.
- It’s hard to hold on.
- It’s hard to let go.
It’s hard to turn your mess into your message.
There is a reward or regret after experiencing hardships.
There is a reward or regret attached to every decision that you make.
Pain does have an expiration date, and when that pain ends another one will surface.
So continue to grow stronger because you chose to turn your pain into power.