Pain. Most avoid it, if possible. In this world where everybody’s trying to sell me something, however, I find that pain is all that can be trusted. All that is real.

Pain doesn’t lie. It does motivate, however. Human behavior is such that we strive to avoid pain, and move toward pleasure. If the pain isn’t real enough, though, motivation doesn’t occur. What we get is stagnation.

Pain, then, can be thought of as a kind of cleanser. For instance, if the fear of being a loser is strong enough, you’ll get what education you need to succeed. Then, despite how uncomfortable you may be, you’ll work hard at what you do, even if it’s something you hate. In this case, the pain of being a loser is greater than the pain of hard work.

Most advertisers sell their crap under the guise of less pain. “You can lose 20 pounds in just one week by taking our pill twice a day!” Please don’t be stupid enough to fall for this shit. Anything worth having is going to cause you some pain. Period.

Compare it to a thunderstorm, or even a volcano. Yes, there’s much destruction. Death, even. But did you ever smell the air after a thunderstorm? As for the volcano, lava spewed therefrom cools to become the richest soil on the planet, providing a lush home for both plant and animal life. This cannot occur without pain.


Pain lurks in a relationship that has run its course. You stay there because you’re afraid of the pain of breaking up. After you find the guts, however, you find a whole new world opens up to you. Not without pain.

Pain doesn’t kill. Pain teaches, if you only listen.