It is the small decisions that we make every day that lead to being a person of excellence. It is doing the hard things when we don’t “feel” like them that lead to the results that we really want for our lives.
When a cow sees a storm coming, they turn and run in fear and spend more time in difficulty. However when a BUFFALO sees a storm coming, they run into it, toward the storm, toward the difficulty and discomfort, and by doing so, they end up spending less time in the hard.
In life you will always have pain, but it is up to you whether it is the pain of progress or the pain of regret.