Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
No one wants pain. Not even long-time, mature Christians who want to grow. We will always find ways to avoid pain. Pain itself is a bad thing.
I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do.
Everybody needs a way out of that pain. Many people choose drugs and alcohol. Some people obsessively exercise or develop strange dietary habits, which is what I did. At least it got me toward a path of healthier living.
Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester.
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
Discipline is doing what you really don't want to do so you can do what you really want to do.
Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.
I hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing.
Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.