Loss is hard. Love is hard. Labor is hard. Health is hard. Family is hard. Fighting is hard. Winning is hard. Discipline is hard. Letting go is hard. Sacrifice is hard. Training is hard. War is hard. Peace is hard. Aging is hard. Anxiety is hard. Standing is hard. Humility is hard. Teamwork is hard. Justice is hard. Forgiveness is hard. Failure is hard. Feeling is hard. Forgetting is hard. Forever is hard. Marriage is hard. Depression is hard. Dementia is hard. Disease is hard. Divorce is hard. Betrayal is hard. Death is hard. Conflict is hard. Courage is hard. Patience is hard. Perseverance is hard. Practice is hard. Reading is hard. Speaking is hard. Listening is hard. Love is hard. Writing is hard. Caring is hard. Repenting is hard. Repairing is hard. Retreating is hard. And, on and on the list goes. Peck was right; Life is hard. The hardest thing, however, is becoming ourselves.
The hardest thing is becoming ourselves.
This is why we begin our work by being catalyst’s for our clients inner work – building the CORE six pack. Worldview, Identity, and Principles (W.I.P.) combine with the 3P’s of Passions, Purposes, and Process. The entire package we call your six pack. Hard to build. Hard to break. Hardened to stand. Hardened by you so you get comfortable being Y.O.U.! Hardened. Let that one sink in for awhile…

I agree, love is so hard it required you to say it twice. Great post Chick.
Chet, This sounds so much like my dad, who was the wisest man I ever knew 🙂 I am enjoying all.. Thanks,
Barb Baker (Doug’s mom)
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FD – glad you are paying attention and Barb, thanks so much for those kind words…