Have you ever paused to think of how incredibly boring life would be if everything came easy? Imagine... If you never had to work hard for anything, or push through pain. If you were able to easily accomplish, with perfection, any and all endeavors you went after.. Slam dunk, every time. Triple pirouette, flawlessly done. Warrior pose, firmly grounded. Full marathon, first place.
Imagine a friendship or a relationship that came easy and quickly, and imagine how shallow and weak it would be. The time and energy we invest in something will give value to the final outcome. Because of this, we can take pride in our small achievements. There is depth to them.
No matter how well we can do something, or how skilled we are at something, there's always some measure of improvement we can strive for. We will never be perfect. We can always work to become even stronger than we even think is possible. And for this, I am grateful! Where we think there are limits, we don't even know! Only God knows where the limit lies, and with Him, anything is possible!
The phrase, "No pain, no gain", comes to mind too.
Thank God He made us as He did, with plenty of room for improvement!
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