If you never push yourself to an extreme in anything (I mean anything at all) all throughout your life, you will never know who you really are and you will never know the kind of stuff you are made of. More than anything you will miss out on realizing the power within you. Basically you go through life with regrets and confessions.
Why do I wake up early in the morning and workout? When I workout in the gym daily, I feel the power of my mind and I can experience my physical strength. It allows me to do some deep work on myself. I can test how far I can go and how long can I take the pain without giving up. It helps me to break my own limitations. It allows me to self-discover because willfully I am suffering and going through discomfort. It lets me know my insecurities, my patience and strength to do all the stuff that is necessary all throughout the day like diet, nutrition, sleep etc.
Sticking to good habits, leading a life with intention and purpose brings positivity and wellness not only to you but people around you. Falling for bad habits and instant gratifications could lead you to discomfort, disease, negativity and unfulfillment at the end.
It is completely left to us to take the right and hard path or take short cuts that are easy but destructive at the long run. Humans feel rewarded and significant when they are tested or overcome an obstacle or go through struggle to advance.
By avoiding the challenges, struggle and painful process of succeeding at something we get nowhere. If we are consciously avoiding all the discomfort of growth and improvement and then choose all the easy options, at some point in life it is going catch up with us. Physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually – we need to willfully put ourselves to test and struggle to advance or else we suffer.
Spirituality to me means being myself and feeling myself giving everything to something that I believe in. Spirituality is feeling oneness with something, that something that I can get inspired by and inspire others. For some it is religious practices like prayer, for some it is social work, for some it is yoga, for some it is service to the poor and weak, for some it is fighting for human rights, for me it is health and fitness. For me it is reaching higher standards of well being in life. In my journey of self-improvement, my spirituality lies in helping and supporting others to change their own lives for better.
If we DO NOT REPLACE OUR NEGATIVE PATTERNS AND HABITS in life like eating unhealthy food, smoking or drinking alcohol, arbitrarily watching TV or videos, spending time on social media indefinitely, watching negative news, discussing and talking on subjects that does not matter to us – WITH POSITIVE, BENEFITING AND INSPIRATIONAL ACTIVITIES like working out, eating healthy, sleeping on time, spending time with family, pursuing passions, helping and serving others, adding some value to others, THEN we are driving ourselves into a road full of thorns and rocks (issues and problems). Once we drive ourselves in to that path we need to constantly work on to remove those obstacles from your path instead of working on your goals and passions.
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