A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He watched the
butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through a little opening.
To help the butterfly, he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining
bit of the cocoon. The butterfly emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and
small, shrivelled wings. It never was able to fly.
When we lift weights
in the gym, we experience a lot of pain. However, we know that the harder we
push ourselves, the stronger we become. We see the pain is a good thing. Struggle
becomes a source of enjoyment and accomplishment; when we take it on
voluntarily. To enjoy life’s hardships, we must stop resisting them and stop
seeing them as unfair. We must embrace the situation, and take pleasure in the
difficulties.
It does not make the
pain go away, and life does not become suddenly easy. However, by inculcating
that sense of challenge and adventure, we give up that limiting belief that
life is supposed to be easy. Instead of pining for something easier, we learn
to enjoy the parts that are hard.
To better at living
we must give up the dread of pain and hardship. So easily we find something new
to worry about or fear. We strive to avoid the struggle, not realising that struggle
is inevitable. It is pertinent to note that real strength is acquired through
that very effort.
To BE BETTER at taking on every challenge…
Embrace the struggle’s accompanying pain!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
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