Ray Lewis shares a truth about pain and adversity that most people never learn.
"That's why kids have a problem finishing things in today's time. Because soon as they feel a small bit of discomfort, of things ain't right, oh, they gone. 'I can't do it no more.'"
That's the trap. We train ourselves to quit at the first sign of discomfort.
"The first time you felt, 'Ah, that burned.' The first time you felt, 'Ah, it's too much.' And we rationalize with ourselves to where we automatically stop. That's why a bunch of us give up so much in life so quickly."
But here's what most people miss - pain has two sides.
"There's one side of pain that's the suffering and the discomfort side of pain. That's why everybody raised their hands when I first asked, 'Has anybody ever been through pain?' Because that hurts. You remember what that felt like."
"But then there's another side of pain that's called effort. It's called glory."
No struggle, no growth.
That's the reality.
"If you can find a way to push through pain, there's something greater on the other side of it."
"Suppose I told you the greatest pain of my life is the reason I'm standing here today."
Struggle is the price of becoming who you're meant to be.
(🎥TedX Talks)