Push your limits. No pain, no gain. When it hurts, you're doing something right. You know all the motivational quotes that make you not want to give up. Well, don't! Because when you do, these stupid phrases repeat in your head until you feel guilty about not giving it your all.
If you really want something, you should have to work hard for it. When it comes easy, you may take it for granted ... and it may not last.
This is where people fall into two categories. The ones that don't give up, and the ones that let the struggle get the best of them. I'm pretty sure I was placed into the first category when I was six years old and started my decade-long dance competition career. Doing my best three-minute tap routine was essential. Unfortunately, I didn't always win, which left me disappointed. Luckily I had the best dad who always knew what to say to make me smile.
Children think they're invincible, so it's easy for them to go after all their desires. As you grow up and experience loss and rejection, many people stop trying ... because it's easier than more disappointment. The fear of rejection and not being your best is a strong evil - don't let it win.
Where there's a passion, there's a way. So ... don't stop running marathons just because you didn't run your first one in under four hours. Don't stop writing because one professor didn't like your style. Don't stop singing because someone booed after your first song. Patience, persistence and plain old hard work really do pay off. This is even true for that man or woman you've been after. If you want to rock someone's soul, (in addition to their world, of course) it's going to take work and patience ... especially patience.
With everything you really want to make happen in life, don't chicken out and give up. As my high school biology teacher would say, Suck it up!
I'm going to continue to think like that six-year-old tap dancer I once was. Once you find that child ambition you had, get it back and run with it. Or, write, sing, dance, love ... do whatever you desire with it.
I actually did stop writing because a single professor didn't know like what I was saying or how I was saying it...pretty sad. But later in life I scored me a wonderful man who doesn't care what I'm saying or how I'm saying it...he just loves me.
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