Jim Murphy
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You have to make the muscles sacrifice and suffer to get them bigger.
That's just how it works.
And it's the same thing with wisdom and courage.
You can't gain courage by constantly just making yourself more and more comfortable.
There's this quote.
I can't remember who it was that I loved.
I think it was a guy named Gary Brucka.
But the quote is, aging is the aggressive pursuit of comfort.
So if you want wisdom, then you have to go through things.
You need that jacket that's two sizes too big.
You have to have trouble.
You have to have adversity in your life.
There's no way.
You can't just read about it on the couch.
Well, we're led around by our eyes.
We live this transactional life, this third world results and circumstances.
So if I put in this effort, I can see what happens.
But if I gain wisdom, I can't see that with my eyes very easy.
If I become a more loving person, that's hard to see with my eyes.
But if I make more money, get a nicer house, et cetera, I can see that.