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Huh. This is a flawed but interesting article (go read it; I'll wait).
Of course it's not true that "if you want the benefits of something in life, you have to also want the costs", but it is true that if you actually want that something, you need to have some awareness of its costs and be able to put up with both the quality and the quantity of the costs. It strikes me also that, if you don't like the costs, you might need faith that the process works. Otherwise you might, for instance, have all those tough conversations, the awkward silences, the hurt feelings etc without feeling like an awesome relationship is actually in the offing. Or I suppose one might suffer the sore muscles, awkwardly dropped weights, failed reps etc at the gym without feeling like it's going to change anything. Hmmm... guess I've always been on the "persevere just in case" side of things. Faith and positive visions and stuff take so much work, and yeah, if something's going to really succeed it's only going to be in the long-term investment sort of way anyway. I wonder if positive visions help, though.
Knowing what kind of pain you can tolerate is definitely part of choosing a circus discipline. :P
On a happier but longer reading note: What if Harry Potter, the Chosen One, had turned out to be a Squib? A surprisingly good read, equal parts fanfic and uplifting musings on human value.
Of course it's not true that "if you want the benefits of something in life, you have to also want the costs", but it is true that if you actually want that something, you need to have some awareness of its costs and be able to put up with both the quality and the quantity of the costs. It strikes me also that, if you don't like the costs, you might need faith that the process works. Otherwise you might, for instance, have all those tough conversations, the awkward silences, the hurt feelings etc without feeling like an awesome relationship is actually in the offing. Or I suppose one might suffer the sore muscles, awkwardly dropped weights, failed reps etc at the gym without feeling like it's going to change anything. Hmmm... guess I've always been on the "persevere just in case" side of things. Faith and positive visions and stuff take so much work, and yeah, if something's going to really succeed it's only going to be in the long-term investment sort of way anyway. I wonder if positive visions help, though.
Knowing what kind of pain you can tolerate is definitely part of choosing a circus discipline. :P
On a happier but longer reading note: What if Harry Potter, the Chosen One, had turned out to be a Squib? A surprisingly good read, equal parts fanfic and uplifting musings on human value.
