Day 330 of wisdom
“Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.”
Laurence Sterne
Light and darkness are non agreeing allies, they do not coexist, but one succeeds the other, they are never united, neither are they ever cooperative. So is pain and pleasure. No one wants to ever feel pain, no one ever wants to be accustomed to pain, but most times, it is impossible to receive pleasure without having first felt, gone through pain, or been through displeasure and discomforts. As much as pain is never wanted sometimes, it is the forerunner of pleasure.
Abhijit Naskar once said, "Pleasure and Pain participate equally in moulding character." We cannot know the true character of a person until he has gone through both pain, and pleasure. A man could be able to hide his pain and disguise through it, but what will be his disposition when pleasure comes? Similarly, when someone has been in pleasure and comfort, we may not be able to know how well he can adapt to differing situations until he is faced with pain. Pain and pleasure are the mould with which our characters are moulded and revealed.
No man will escape either of pain or pleasure, but everyman must choose wisely how and when he experiences either of them. Sometimes, we have to self inflict pain on ourselves so as to be rewarded with pleasure, so we can at the end of the painful era enter into an era of pleasure. If one desires only pleasure and satisfy himself with pleasure at will, pain will eventually come, because pain and pleasure always precedes each other, one never dwells permanently in any place. You either choose pain and let pleasure come when it will, or go for pleasure and let pain take its place when the time is ripe.
Tony Robbins gave a valid and valuable advise when he said, "The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you are in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you." Learn to use pain, learn to use pleasure, both to your advantage and growth. They are two indispensables that governs us in all we do. So, learning to use them in our favour will put us in absolute control of our lives and bring us to the destination we hope to arrive at.
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