PAIN AND PLEASURE

                                                  

 I remember the mother of a student telling me, long back, that her daughter was in awe of my position in school and that she envied me for my status as the Correspondent of the school, as she felt that I lived a privileged life. I smiled on hearing this and I told her, being an educationist is a responsibility and not a status. To reach a place of eminence we have to be willing to go through pain. The Purpose is always greater.  All achievers would have had to face challenging situations in life to reach where they reached. Going up is tough, but coming down is a lot easy.

“The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of pain.”

A mother is willing to go through her labor pain for the sheer joy of seeing her bundle of joy. Nothing matters to her. All the nine months she relegates her needs to the background and prioritizes her baby’s needs. This is the case with all those who have a purpose in life. Be it Roger Federer or Sundar Pichai or Narayana Murthy or Mark Zuckerberg, none of them came from a background they could boast of.  Closer home, we have our Esteemed Prime Minister and the Honorable President, who come from a very humble background. Yet, they all were focused and driven by their passion and vision. They attached the right emotion to whatever they did. They did not see work as pain, rather, they enjoyed it. The process of achieving their goal was a joyful and pleasurable experience for them.

“Subordinate your likes and dislikes to the purpose of your life,” says mahatria Ra, the Diviner of the Path, infinitheism.

Some of us see studies as pain, so also, being honest, avoiding the wrong gang of friends, exercising or waking up early, and playing or copying in the exam or indulging in vices, as pleasure. Our life is driven by instant gratification. Momentary pleasure is what we seek, not realizing that success is all about delayed gratification. What is most important should not be at the mercy of what is least important.  If we desire everlasting pleasure, we should be willing to go through temporary pain. If we wish to sleep peacefully for the rest of our life, we have to spend sleepless nights today. Whatever you do, should take you closer to your goal. Be selfish for yourself. Don’t give your time to anything except to your own growth. All those who distract you now will leave you when you become a failure. The world respects only champions. Aim to be a winner, nothing less.

 Fix a goal

Plan your day with your goal in mind

Be consistent

Attach the right emotions.

 You can go through anything in life if you can become what you can become. Giving up any momentary pleasure should be seen as a go up in life. Attach pleasure to moments of growth. You will not feel the pain, rather, it will be a pleasure to indulge in what is right. This approach will help you to do everything joyfully. Visualize your life as a mediocre student. How would your future be? On the contrary, how would your life be if you secured high marks and developed the right habits? It calls for a high level of discipline.

 

                         “Discipline is the most pleasurable pain.”

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