Jordan Peterson

That's that's a real that's a real grind.

Freud said, in retrospect, the struggle will strike you as most beautiful.

Like the years of struggle will strike you as most beautiful.

And it's true.

You think about the worst moments of your life.

from earlier, now they're integrated into who you are.

And in some ways, we understand that we couldn't and wouldn't be where we are without those things.

Not only is that true in a positive way, but it's also just true in how the mind works.

This is what cognitive dissonance does.

It works on you in a way that makes this thing for the best, even if it wasn't for the best.

We're so worried about, will I regret it?

You won't regret it.

Because you actually don't have that many regrets at all.

The mind is pretty good at minimizing that feeling of regret.

We convince ourselves that what happened was for the best.

So we know this is almost certainly where we're going to end up.

And so why torture yourself in the interim, right?

Why not give yourself some of that grace now?

No, it's hard.

Life is hard.