on growth

But why would I let a few bumps like not feeling well or dealing with emotional detox stop me from continuing to pursue an interesting goal? The mere existence of obstacles isn’t a good enough reason to quit. Obstacles are to be expected. Figuring out how to deal with them is an integral part of the challenge.

From Steve Pavlina's blog article.

The goals that interest me most are the ones that cause me to say to myself, “Wow… I’m really not sure if I’m cut out for this. This looks pretty damned tough. I’m going to have to push myself to a whole new level in order to make it to the end. I honestly don’t know if I’ll be able to pull this off.”

But then I think to myself, “What if I fail? No big deal. At least I’ll know where my limits are. But what if I succeed? How awesome would that be?”