Those who have overcome great adversity in life can take
satisfaction from Thomas Paine’s assertion, “The harder the conflict, the more
glorious the triumph.” For people truly to appreciate their victories, they
must be able to contrast them with the hardships they have undergone. To value
their good fortune, they must suffer ill fortune as well.
In most cases, the greater the adversity the more proud and
triumphant we feel on reaching our goal. This is largely due to the fact that
we attach a lot of value to our time and effort. Thus, when we reach our goal,
it becomes a lot more valued because of the time and effort spent in attaining
it.
When we are kids, our parents give us money to go out and
buy stuff. At that time the money is readily available to us and we keep asking
for more. We don’t bother too much if we lose some or waste some here and
there. We don’t attach a lot of value to it. That’s because it’s o readily and
easily available to us. But, when we go out in the real world and start
earning, it is then that we realize the value of money. That has suddenly
become much more prized for us because of the time and hard work we spent in
earning it.
Likewise, we might suppose that for a great football player
like Wayne Rooney scoring one goal may not be a very big thing. But when that
goal is scored at the last moment of a defining match it becomes so precious
that he celebrates by removing his T-shirt and running around the field.
What matters is what we feel inside our head. If we have
faced great obstacles in attaining something, it becomes much more precious for
us. The most important fights to fight are the hardest ones, the ones that cost
some people everything they have. Only by fighting such a hard fight will you truly
value your victory.
Very nice read....nd very true :)
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