Dr. K

Yeah.

There's this idea of chasing delayed gratification.

So I'm gonna sacrifice today to be happy tomorrow.

That too doesn't really work because oftentimes what ends up happening is people move the goalposts.

So it's like then the next thing and then the next thing and then the next thing and when is it enough?

So some people go through life

forgetting how to enjoy themselves because there's this idea that I'll retire and then I'll have a good time.

I'm going to trade the best 40 years of my life between the ages of 20 and 60 to have 10 years at the end where I've got, I need a hip replacement, but I can travel the world.

So there's this delayed gratification, which is still just chasing pleasure.

So the real antidote to that is dharma.

So dharma is what allows you to do hard things.

It gives you a motivating force that allows you to embrace difficulties in life.

And my favorite example of this is

I have daughters.

And so if someone were to, heaven forbid, like threaten them in some way, that same thing, if someone pulled a gun on me, like I wouldn't want to deal with that.

I wouldn't be like engaging with them.

I'd try to run away or whatever, right?

But if someone pulls a gun on my daughter, then I'm stepping in the line of the gun.

And it becomes easy.

It becomes simple.