A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday and I feel compelled to share the inspiration with you.
I was in the car and got some inspiration and decided to write.
"The inconvenience is temporary yet the results are permanent."
I passed by a construction site with these words plastered on the fence. It made me think.
Yes, the pain and discomfort and anguish are only temporary.
The discomfort of working through my middos and idiosyncrasies are only temporary.
Yet the results are permanent.
The messy construction site will be fashioned into a magnificent structure in all its splendor.
As for the pain, it will achieve its purpose. It will make me stronger and enable me to be a more committed eved Hashem and will help me reach shleimus.
The tiny steps in working on myself will turn me into the person I aspire to be.
The discomfort is only a passing thing yet the results are permanent. This has become a motto of sorts for me.
As I go about daily life and obstacles crop up, I remember this. At first, I naturally cringe...but when I visualize the barren construction site, I smile. Because though it is hard and it hurts, the discomfort is fleeting and the results are everlasting.
(My comment :)/bracha) May we be able to internalize this message. May we be able to remember as we go through the daily obstacles of life, the small challenges and the big ones, that the results of the work we put in now will be permanent and the inconveniences, the pain, the discomfort we feel during those difficult times will pass. May we be able to build beautiful edifices of strength, connection and perfection of our flaws and may we be able to become better people through the construction site of life we experience.
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Wow! Really special. Truly inspiring!
ReplyDeleteIt is such a true statement & good to remember when difficulties arise. We need to keep focused on our goal & the positive outcome which- like you couldn’t say any better - will be everlasting! It is through challenges that make people great. Weather it is big, or small, the pain we go through makes us into better people. We grow through pain. And, I love the example of working on our middos- it is an everyday process! It is something that needs constant working on, but the end result is truly rewarding! Thanks for sharing!
I like that! thank you for sharing
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