Are We Worshipping the HARD?

There's our goal. Then there's stuff we go through to reach our goal.

Some of that stuff is HARD.  HARD at first, until we get used to doing it, and then it gets easier.

Like walking, public speaking, advocating for others - all things that start out hard and then grow easier with practice.

HOWEVER, there seems to be a big, macho attitude towards "HARD" now.  "We Do HARD THINGS, BRUH!"  Just because they're hard and just to prove how tough they are.

Okay.  That's fine if that's what you want.

But beware of these 2 mistakes:

1. Goal swapping - making "doing HARD things" the goal instead of dealing with "hard things" as they come up in our progress toward our goal
2. Great Story Syndrome - comparing our life to someone else's great story of how they overcame a tragedy and making it mean we can't help people in a great way without a great story

Remember this - Life is as hard as it needs to be to teach us the lessons we need to know to make life better.