I heard a TEDTalk yesterday that was very powerful... by Susan David.
the topic was about denial... and about our “emotional agility”...
great thoughts and worth a watch...
she had had two quotes that struck me... the kind of quotes that I will attempt to remember for all of my life.
“Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life”
While the thought is probably not new to you, it captures the importance of “suffering” as a core part of our life in such a perfect way...
all “meaningful” aspects of our life so often start with discomfort, with us recognizing that on some level, in some regard, our life, our IS, is NOT what we want it to be...
being mindful of discomfort
being open to discomfort
being curious of discomfort
is where the thoughtful understanding...
is where our deliberate living...
is where our motivation...
BEGINS
I don’t know anyone who is living a meaningful life who has not dealt with discomfort...
when people, friends, colleagues come to us in sadness, in difficulty, in pain...
we should not ignore the pain, talk away the pain, try to convince them there is no pain...
we should hold their hand and help them navigate THROUGH the pain...
when we are facing those same situations... we shouldn’t ignore them... deny them... we should start to RESOLVE them... quickly sometimes... slowly much more often... as we grow up through an entire lifetime.
I love the concept of making discomfort the beginning,
not the end...
I love the concept of making discomfort the spark,
not the fire...
I love the concept of making discomfort the opportunity,
Not the result!
its the “price of admission”
I will share the second one tomorrow... ;-)
leave you hanging with anticipation (unless of course you choose to watch the TEDTalk today...)
When you feel discomfort...
dont walk away.
Stroll right into it...
into the IS...
and then
to the
WANT...
in harmony,
Nestor
p.s. Written in the 5 minutes before my flight took off... sorry for any typos...