Nobody likes pain; nobody likes struggling.
But I believe there’s power when one learns to embrace the pain – embrace the struggle.

If you ever read the book: The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant, this was what made Kobe a phenomenal basketball player. He had a relentless worth ethic and embraced the struggle.

The owner of my company who’s easily a millionaire just got diagnosed with cancer; his brother who also started a million dollar company had a stroke and is in the process of recovery; a billionaire who is our client is now starting to lose his memory.
These are the sad details that get left out. Because, to be frank, we don’t always want to see those parts (at least I don’t).

But the respectable part is that these individuals keep going. For their own reasons, they choose to push.

I’m nowhere near where they are, but I’m happy I pushed through to where I’m at today.

Five years ago (2020) when Covid-19 first broke out, I had a life-changing event happen to me. My brother, who was a father-figure for me growing up and my role model, had his first manic episode. The world flipped upside down, I grew so numb/apathetic to the world/people, and fell into depression.
Then, there were smaller wounds like my first heartbreak and losing my job.

Time could be the greatest curse but also the greatest blessing. Looking back at my younger self – 5 years ago in 2020 (which still feels like just yesterday sometimes), I would tell her “it’s growing pains.” I just didn’t realize at the time how much it could hurt. But as I’m observing individuals around me, I see now it’s the truth. Everyone will go through their own growing pains – in different shapes/forms.

Do I hate the growing pains? Absolutely. And I honestly don’t know how I made it out alive. But the difference is I want to embrace the struggle now. I have the desire to. Before, it was all about running away or turning a blind eye. But I learned that pain/struggle is inevitable and you can’t truly run away. True wisdom is accepting the pain. Learning to live with it. Learning to rearrange your life to push through and deal with the pain.

Those who tap into the secret of embracing pain are unstoppable

I think it’s because they become fearless.