April 27th - IV

IV 

Welcome to entry IV. It’s been a really interesting exercise up to this point tracking my headspace week to week. The flow of focus is something I had not really thought about until now. I feel like I generally harbored the idea that my focus centered around the same general areas, while this is somewhat true, it has proved fascinating to see what specific arenas I have been drawn to at the given time I decide to sit down and write. 

This past weekend I visited one of my oldest, and probably my closest friends. I had a strength coach once tell me that nothing makes you feel more whole and  connected to yourself than spending time with those who truly understand you. I think that is absolutely true. It is not often that I spend time with people my age and feel intellectually and emotionally challenged. Because of that, this weekend proved refreshing in a lot of ways. Healthy debate and disagreement I think breeds creativity and innovation more than anything else. More than anything, I really just felt a sense of pride in my friend. To see what he has been through, where he is now, and what he is heading towards, gives me a tremendous feeling of pride. 

This brings me to an interesting thought. To what degree are pain and suffering a prerequisite for success? I think conventional wisdom would say that in order to achieve anything worthwhile you need to first pay some kind of price. But how high is that price? I think it is largely dependent on what you want to achieve. In my short experience, the ability to find peace in the suffering on the road to success, is one of the few indicators of eventually reaching that success. My conclusion in a more concise way would be: the ability to endure temporary pain is a superpower when it comes to achieving your goals. I’ll be damned if I let something make me quit right before I win bigger than I ever thought possible. 

Yours Truly, 

An Aspiring Young Man