Everyone is fighting quiet battles

We like to believe the people we meet are acting exactly as they want to act and exactly who they want to be. That they’re living a specifically crafted character. When in reality everyone we meet is struggling to live as the person they actually want to be.

Everyone has parts of their conduct they know are inconsistent. Parts of themselves that are incomplete. Gaps between the character they want and the character they live.

It’s the natural and perpetual state of imperfection we call being human. And the recognition that we can be better, we need to grow, and we will be tested.

Discipline is the shortcut. Do the work.