1. "Effort is one of the things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it. It would be an impoverished existence if you were not willing to value things and commit yourself to working towards them."
2. Hard work sucks. There's no denying it. Yes, it's noble and respectable, but only because it's such a pain that the people who are able to stick it out and do it are, well, noble and respectable. A person's dedication will keep them on track when the going gets tough, but there is no dedication without motivation. Whether it be to solve a dire problem or simply to pursue one's own passions, strong enough motivation can convince someone to endure some remarkably frustrating periods of hard work, and then, there come the rewards. Still, even the time a person spends working toward their goals has its own reward. For all its frustrations, it is still the pursuit that excites us and entices us almost as much as the reward at the end of the tunnel, the primal thrill of the hunt, so to speak. Work was meant to be hard, and we were meant to endure it.
3. I am always working to improve myself, and trying to advance toward a career built around my passion for writing. It's a constant journey of reconstruction, reevaluation and exposure to criticism. In short, it's a pain, but it's what I love, and it's the promise of the end goal that keeps me going. Also, for all its pains, the work does have a certain pleasure to it. The thrill of the hunt. Hmm, I'm recycling analogies. I should work on that.
No comments:
Post a Comment