Eric Thomas

It's easier said than done.

Right.

On the other end of suffering is a life that many people don't know even exists.

It's a beautiful world.

We all live in this world where our brains are keeping us in this box.

Outside that box, on the other edge of suffering is a world that's endless of opportunity.

But we are afraid to go outside that box because in that box it's comfortable.

Outside that box, man, God gives you a shovel and says, man, start digging.

But understand this.

Life is hard.

No matter who you are, there are bumps and hits and bruises along the way.

And my advice is to prepare yourself.

Success and achievement come from overcoming adversity.

Life is hard.

See, it's hard when you are 49 years old, been working on a job for 17 years, and they come in and tell you you're finished and give you one week's severance pay.

And you got to start all over again.

It's hard when you're married and raising children and your children are crawling and your husband dies unexpectedly.

It's hard handling just the tragedies of life.

It's hard when you're working on something and you put everything you have in it and it doesn't work.

You lose your money and other people's money.