Conveniences crush the crystals of graceful living.
Disruptions are landmarks in the way to excel.
One thing that surely happens in our lives is change. We can postpone change for a while in some areas under our control, but we cannot prevent it for a long time.
To humans, convenience is the name of resistance to change. Admittedly, change happens with some disruptions in our routines, habits, preferences, and, above all, our attachment to local necessities.
In this post, the focus is on the aftermath of convenience, which is certainly detrimental to living a graceful life.
Convenience is like the fragrance of a flower that we enjoy for some moments. What we need is the conversion of flowers to fruits for our energy and health.
In my childhood, I was taught that continuous ease renders life difficult. It was just rote learning. I was unable to go in deep.
This myth was pierced as I entered the world of enhanced education.
In my youth, I found it hard to achieve even a degree without sacrificing all my conveniences—away from home, early rising, tasteless food, a weekly review of progress, a growing sense of competition, social disconnection, and the like.
Then I started firmly believing that grinding is a must for growth. The classmates evading grinding could be not more than average.
"An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity." Confucious.
If there is no inconvenience, there is no opportunity to test your own abilities.
In humans, abilities are a special gift of nature. The only inconvenience can open this gift of a person layer by layer.
Nobody likes to be unsettling. Nevertheless, many forces, like expanding needs, a craze to compete, a sense of possibilities, and a quest to outperform, drive one to move forward to explore.
At home, we do fewer daily chores. In the office, we prefer to go for lesser risks. In traveling, we grab higher facilities. In all spheres, convenience is in play.
Life is finite. Opportunities to grow are infinite. Convenience delays the process of enlarging our lives.
Even going to bed at midnight has become more than convenient. And they are careless regarding this disorder. Many demerits are obvious.
"A day well spent is a life well lived." Hwang Bo Reum
People usually postpone things for the next week or months. Feedback suggests that it is just convenience that plays its role.
Remember, you are the pilot of all moments in your life.
I know saying goodbye to all your comforts and conveniences is not easy, but there is no option if you consider your life a precious gift.
While auditing the schedule of individuals around me, I assessed that they spent time pleasing friends, relatives, societies, bosses, and groups.
Trying to please people just to get a reward with less effort is cooking a convenience.
Rather, it is time to identify and embrace your peculiarities.
It is time to remind you that you are capable.
Conveniences are a major obstacle to allowing your peculiarities to emerge.
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice." Bob Marley
Choose inconvenience when it strikes. It is a key to keeping you growing.
Nothing is bad in getting convenience. But seeking convenience in all our affairs on all occasions, even in uneasy situations, indeed signifies our attitude to play trouble-free.
You read the lives of great personalities. Their lives are full of risks and threats. The lives of many were full of inconveniences.
Select what is best for you—watching a game or reading stories full of lessons.
Draw a clear line between convenience and inconvenience. Many excuses are the products of convenience.
