The harder you fall.

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josediccus1.8 K2 days agoPeakD5 min read

For more than a year, I have been trying to change my life, my way of living, seeing things, and reacting. For example when when a person says something mean to me, I use to have to witty things to say to reply to them, I didn't shy away from responding to a fight and all that. Nowadays I just let it go, why?

Because my life has been transformed, and the life I now lead is no longer my own. Does it make it easier? No. But, will I give up? No.

Is it guaranteed that I will be completely successful on this journey? Probably so, but it is a process.

Some days, I will be tempted to give up; other times, someone will be rude to me; life situations will arise that will test my faith; and there will be times when nothing makes sense.

There will come a time when I want to throw everything out. Life can be cruel, with terrible situations, unfair people, and unjust outcomes.

The life quotes we have are for official purposes and do not apply to everyday life. In fact, the more you push, the harder it becomes.

It should have been "the more effort you put, the easier it gets," but we fail to account for the diminishing returns that come with constant pushing. We fail to realize that every time we show up, we expend energy, effort, and resilience, which gradually drains us when we do not win.

The concept of effort and consistency does not ensure results.

You just get luckier the more you try.

We can do everything right and still fail, and outcomes like this are what deliver the ultimate knockout to anyone who is putting effort into whatever journey they are on. The harder you push yourself, the more likely you are to fall.

For example, I saw a video of a frog that fell into a ditch. The frog began to make its way out of the ditch, but just as it was about to emerge, it slipped and fell back into the ditch.

For starters, the frog worked hard to reach that "near-success" point, and failures on the verge of breakthrough are among the most difficult types of failures. Why? You can not believe you gave it your all and still failed. You showed up, gave it everything you had, and were only a few inches away from making it, but you never did.

Living in the disbelief of "near-success" depletes the oxygen in your lungs.

I mean, you would wonder what else you could give to make it. I mean, if all of you wasn't enough to make it, then what else do you need to make it?

Of course, it is difficult to approach life with a negative mindset.

I mean, we all start with a winning mindset, believing in ourselves and the value we represent, but do these parameters suddenly remove the forces of unforeseen circumstances?

Life is made up of both lower and higher forces.

Sometimes we have a greater advantage, and sometimes we do not. Most of the time, we win because life aligns with us; it feels like a dream and we can not believe how fortunate we are, but it can also feel like a curse; everything works against us, including the things in which we place our last hopes.

"Win, no matter what" that's the quote?

Winning is the endgame for everyone on this journey, but even the distances we have covered do not make the journey easier.

The universe is not inclined to work in accordance with our emotions and sentiments, which is why anger, frustration, tears, and pain do not alleviate our challenges or solve our problems. The harder, smarter, or wiser you are, your falls or failures can be loud, hard, and unbelievable.

Life can feel like a curse, especially when you feel like you are constantly jinxed.

It just shows how unpredictable and cruel the universe can be. The sad part is that you can not let it go. Crypto is one of those ventures that can be wild. You can be making life-changing money one moment and thinking about quitting the next.

Years of experience are not always sufficient. When there is too much at stake, experiences tend to disappear. However, the reality of failure does not mean that we should give up trying.

People die in airplane accidents, but this does not mean that air travel will cease to exist. The fact that we do not come out of life alive does not mean we should not live it. Unfortunately we experience diminishing returns the more we try and fail. You may never make it, not in terms of money, but life generally, it's just a reality that's possible with everyone.