I came across this great post by Tony Robbins.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
- Tony Robbins
I like this quote because I always have so many pains and pleasures in my life.
For pains, I don’t like them, either. I also have no control when they are coming upon me. However, I always learn so much from any pains I have. Without pains, I can never learn even basic facts and skills so fast. I have to make use of pains, instead of crying on pains. I can make use of pains to improve myself. I should not let pains occupy my whole life.
For pleasures, everyone including I love pleasures. Pleasures are also the most pleasing motivations for me to do something difficult but worth the time to do it. If I spend too much pleasing time on single pleasure, I might not be moving forward anymore. In other words, I might settle on this single pleasure. I can make use of the pleasing motivations to keep me moving forward to new goals and next goals. I should not let the pleasures to occupy my whole life.
If I make use of pain and pleasure, I do have the control of my own life. I should not let pain and pleasure to control me. I should not let this happen at all in my life.
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