Keep Going

People say they want this and that, but never what they are willing to go through in order to get it. They like the thought of having it. Or they may like the way it looks, so they think they want it… but they don’t really want it.
They’re not willing to put in the actual work it takes to get it or to keep it. The persistent, incessant effort required to keep going and stay committed through all the good and bad…

What’s real isn’t easy, and what’s easy isn’t real. If obtaining wealth was easy, everyone would be billionaires. If maintaining health was easy, everyone would run 4 minute miles. If relationships were easy, love would be an endless sunny day at the beach…

Everyone claims to want those things. But the real version of those things doesn’t come easy because they are real things that require patience, persistence and endurance. They are things that people typically prefer to look for shortcuts with, instead of fighting through the muddy trenches to reach the desired finish line the organic way: out the mud, through the mud. That is what separates what is concrete and long lasting from what is here today, and gone tomorrow…

Success doesn’t happen overnight. But if you put in the required effort, roll with the punches, and keep pushing through… one day it just might.

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