Why are some of the most popular classes I teach the ones that I announce are going to be the hardest?
I’ll tell you why: it’s because deep down, underneath all of the noise of the mind, many of us want to do hard things so that we can become great.
On a day-to-day basis, however, it’s the noise of the mind that usually wins over our attention and subsequent actions—and we stay within the realm of what’s comfortable, usual, and easy.
But, of course, that leaves us feeling unchallenged, underwhelmed, and unfulfilled.
Lead too many of those days in a row and it becomes an aching feeling that swells.
…Until eventually it grows to the point where it’s too hard to ignore or muffle under the general noise of the mind—which is what usually works—and we start to hear the pulsing cries from within.
“There’s got to be more to life than this…”
“Is this really all that I’m here to do…?”
“What will people remember about me when I’m gone?”
…And we resolve to step it up a little bit. To push ourselves a little bit more. To uncover a little more of the potential we have inside.
And the best way to do that, our spirit whispers to us from deep within, is to voluntarily do hard things.