Pain is temporary.

"Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, an hour, a day, or even a year... But eventually it will subside, and something else will take it's place. If I quit, however, it will last forever."

-Unknown

 

Now at first glance a lot of athletes and people with some sort of physical goal will easily be able to apply this to their life, but anyone with any dream will also be able to apply this.  There are two forms of pain.  There is a pain where something is seriously wrong, and one may injure themselves, but there is also a pain we call discomfort.  It is so important to learn the difference between the two.  When the pain is merely a discomfort, we have to learn how to tough it up and push through.  When one quits from discomfort, there will be a moment right after they have recovered enough to know they are not injured, when regret and disappointment will sink in.

 

The pain that will last forever will be the pain of not knowing.  Not knowing how good you could have been.  Now knowing where in life you could have gone had you toughed it up when times got hard and you experienced a little discomfort.  Not knowing if you would have become the man or woman you always wanted to become.  I can tell you first hand, that I have had workouts, weeks, even months where I let a little discomfort shatter my world.  Luckily, I was able to experience this and recognize this at an early age.  It is never too late.  Gain an understanding of this concept, and then... go live it.  Best of luck, I'll see you tomorrow.