The longer I do intermittent fasting and expose my body to cold, the more I feel that difficulty is destiny. It is an inseparable part of one’s existence. Thus, I want to state that I do not seek pleasures in my life.
For me, the pleasure is to overcome the difficulty. Frequently, while doing it, one has to feel pain. Overcoming obstacles is a tremendous effort and struggle. After doing it, I feel better. It is some pleasure reward for me. In a micro way, I do it daily by taking freezing showers and fasting.
Moreover, when I do street photography, I always try to make a minimum of 10,000 footsteps. All these things symbolically remind me that one must meet obstacles and resistance to grow. That’s why I feel that the difficulty is destiny. Instant gratifications after eating sweets, drinking beer, taking a hot shower, lying all day on the sofa, or receiving like on Instagram and Facebook are not for me.
All these things are merely too easy. There are no added values there except instant and empty gratification.
For today (I wrote this text on the 14th of June, 2022), I cannot imagine that I would sit all the time, take a warm shower, and eat six meals daily. I know that all these things are convenient. Still, I feel that they must be minimalized if one wants to develop and grow. I encourage you, my Dear Friend, to seek only a minor convenience. Every one of us can rest on our laurels easily. It is not an achievement. Achievement is to face the difficulty. Fight for yourself, with yourself. I think that this statement slowly becomes my motto. The truth is that I do not want to lay on the couch, eat chocolate, and daydream about what could happen if I won the lottery. I want to take life as it looks, here and now, with all its difficulties.
