Luke Belmar argues that the pain of progress beats the pain of regret. Most people avoid discomfort by staying comfortable, but attachment to people, identities, or outcomes creates anxiety. Release rigid expectations, take life day by day, and the necessary pain of growth becomes bearable.
The price of progress is pain. The price of progress is pain. Most people do not want to experience pain. They like comfort. Living in a state of anxiety or in a state of suffering comes from attachment. When you're attached to things, attached to people, attached to identities, attached to philosophies, then you end up being in a situation where you experience pain. But you don't have to experience suffering if you live in a state of what? No expectation? Or you're just living life, taking it day by day, step by step, and enjoying yourself. If you want progress, you must be willing to, in the process, experience.
