I find it interesting that what we want most is often brought about by the inverse of what we'd expect.

It's a paradox that's amazed me for much of my adult life.

And what do I mean?

Well, here are a few examples.

The best way to achieve freedom in your life is to be incredibly disciplined.

Two things that are seemingly opposite in a sense.

Or that the worst of times often open the door to the best of times.

Or it's from a position of strength that one is best able to ensure peace or from our suffering our pain comes our purpose and contentment

right and you get the point i could go on and on and on but the reason this is so important

why i think it's worth discussing is that it sheds light on the value hidden within our struggles

you know when you realize the paradoxical nature of growth, the discomfort makes a little more

sense.

It's easier to wrap our hands around.

So let's say getting up early.

Perhaps you weren't a morning person, but you're trying.

You're trying because you think those few extra hours in the morning will add some lift.

The alarm clock goes off.

The last thing you want to do is open your eyes.

Maybe you even start thinking, who cares, right? This isn't that important.

You begin rationalizing ways.

You'll go back to bed and just make up for the time throughout the day.

But when you simplify the equation,

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