Why Comparison Makes You Lose Faster
Keep this thought at the ready at daybreak.
“Keep this thought at the ready at daybreak, and through the day and night—there is only one path to happiness, and that is in giving up all outside of your sphere of choice, regarding nothing else as your possession, surrendering all else to God and Fortune.”- Epictetus
One of my goals this year is to lift and run more, so I joined a running club.
Today, I just did a short run after a four-month hiatus. It was cold. Yes, it was painful. My lungs burned, and the thought of slowing down to a walk seduced me with every step. But I just couldn’t get myself to compromise. I was reminded of Miyamoto Musashi’s observation- “it may seem difficult at first, but all things are difficult at first.” I carried on.
As I struggled to catch my breath on the steep laps, I found myself reflecting on consistency and the nature of doing hard things. As Wallace Stegner wrote, largeness is a lifelong matte…
