Ten Harsh Realities to Help You Grow

1. The first step is never easy.

The beginnings to good things are always the hardest. The greatest miracle of your success in life will not be that you finished, it will be that you found the strength and courage to begin.

2. Good things rarely come quick and easy.

Life is not easy, but it’s worth it.  If you expect it to be, you will perpetually disappoint yourself.  Achieving anything worthwhile in life takes time and effort. 

3. You will always have less control than you desire.

The only thing you can absolutely control in life is how you react to things out of your control, and there’s a lot you can’t control.  The better you adapt to this reality, the more powerful your highs will be, and the more quickly you’ll be able to bounce back from the lows. 

4. You cannot avoid risk without avoiding life.

Living is a risk.  Happiness is a risk.  If you’re not a little scared sometimes, then you’re not doing it right.  Give yourself permission to be one of the people who survived doing things wrong, but recovered from them and grew into your truest self.

5. Your biggest problems are often in your head.

The primary cause of unhappiness and defeat is never the current situation but your thoughts about it.  Happiness and success really comes down to two elements: the way you think and the way you act based upon your thoughts.

6. Long-term happiness cannot be bought; it must be earned.

Each of us has a unique fire in our heart for something that makes us feel alive.  It’s your duty to find it and keep it lit.

7. Not everyone will support you.

If you take every insult or rude slur of your fellow human beings personally, you will be offended for the rest of your life. 

8. You are better off without some people you care about.

Be okay with giving the gift of your absence to those who do not appreciate and respect your presence.

9. You cannot have happiness without some sadness.

There is no such thing as a one-sided coin in life, with which you can buy a pain-free, trouble-free life. Life is a series of highs and lows — an adventure that requires you to take chances and actions that have the possibility of both success (happiness) and failure (sadness). 

10. What’s done is done, but life goes on.

With everything that has happened, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift of knowledge. 

                                                                                           (Source: www.marcandangel.com)