Prime Path 11:
Sometimes, Life Can
Be Very Hard
If you're going to live your life to the full, it won't be easy. In fact, to be accurate, sometimes, it's very hard.
"Life is hard" is, in fact, a cliche.
"Nobody said it was easy"--that's another way to say it.
"It's a tough old world"--that's what your Dad might say.
"Did your mommy tell you this was going to be easy when she tucked you into bed at night?" is the kind of thing a drill sergeant might yell in the face of a recruit.
Well, did she?
You might be getting fed up with all of these negative ideas. Well, boo hoo. Too bad, man. It's tough medicine, but it's medicine we all need to take. If you don't like it, well, you might as well not like the sun rising in the east. If this coaching is going to work, it has to be real.
Stop and think for a second. You've been around. If you tell the truth, you damn well know that a life lived to the full is not easy. So, what do you expect me to do? Sugarcoat it? Ignore it? Make up some bullshit about the universe being composed of love? I wouldn't be doing you any favors if I pulled that nonsense on you.
So, if you follow the path to a full life, for real, then you are going to be challenged--for real. Sometimes, you are going to screw up, and sometimes, you are going to do a great job, and the assholes out there will still drag you down. Sometimes, you are going to be rejected, you are going to be humiliated, you are going to be fucked over, and you are going to be hurt. When any of this happens, if you want to live a full life, then you are going to have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get going again. That's the way it is.
In fact--and this is another cliche:
The tough parts are essential to what makes the journey worthwhile.
And I'll be damned if this isn't another cliche:
Growing as a being is essential to a life lived to the full, and the tough parts are essential if you are to grow.
So, the way it works, the tough parts are essential. A life lived to the full can't be done without the tough parts. Without the tough parts, it's not a life lived to the full.
And, along with that, here is a spoonful of sugar to help this medicine go down.
How can this best be said?--
Sometimes, it might seem as if it's all hard, but it's not. Not even close.
A hell of a lot of the time, a life lived to the full is great.
There are rewards to a life lived to the full that aren't even conceivable to most people. Rewards beyond imagination. Rewards at the edge of experience, and at the edge of possibility. Big, deep, moving, powerful rewards. Awe and swashbuckling romance and mystery and adventure--and BIG dreams coming true--and more! . . .
Follow this path, and you'll see.
Sure: it's not easy. Sometimes, in fact, it's very hard.
And, when all is said and done--when you face the final curtain--
You would not have it any other way.
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