Eric Thomas

It's hard.

You will go through things and while you're going through them, you can't understand why it's happening to you.

But after you go through it, you get back and you look at it and you say, oh, now I understand why I needed that lesson.

At some juncture, you will encounter pain.

And the moment that you get acquainted with pain, you get acquainted with hardship.

You realize that no matter what you do, no matter how much you study, no matter how much you plan, you will not be able to avoid a measure of pain.

If you want this thing, I don't care what it is, then you're going to have to get acquainted with pain, the pain of discipline, the pain of growth, the pain of learning, the pain of giving, the pain of forgiving.

It all hurts.

So pick your pain.

Choose your heart.

But getting knocked down or getting knocked back doesn't mean you stop living.

It doesn't mean you stop growing.

It doesn't mean you don't carry on.

But I dare you to go the hard way.

I dare you to go down that path that many refuse to go.

I dare you to show up and show the world that you have something that is special and unique about you.

I dare you to show the world something they ain't never seen before about you.

I dare you to stand up.

I dare you to breathe life into your purpose.

I dare you to do it.