I am always asking myself questions. Am I good looking, am I happy, do other people like me. These questions were the loudest in High School and dictated how I felt.
I was asking myself all of these questions about life, but I was giving myself the wrong answers. One question that I was botching up was “How much are you willing to give.” My answer in High S
That answer manifested itself in my soccer training, in my day job, and in the weight room. I thought the final goal was being comfortable and pain-free. I thought if I could do something with the least effort to finish something, the faster I could reach the comfort I wanted.
I suffered from that answer because it made me weak. It made me want to quit. I was unhappy because my mind, body, soul doesn’t like comfort. I get bored like a caged up parrot pulling off its own feathers because it has
The answer that finally made me change course and excited to live was “What’s the most that I can give.” I stole that answer from Quest founder Tom Bilyeu’s Youtube videos.
I’m the happiest when I am in pain. When I am hungry for answers. I am reading, pushing myself at the gym, constantly meditating. When I am comfortable my day just goes by, it’s dull, I have no dragons to train for or hunt down.
I’m happy in pain because I am required to be strong. And to be strong is what I always want to be.
My strength is determined by the strength of my answers to the questions I ask myself. That is why I steal from strong people.