Do you agree with "No Pain No Gain".?

Question

Do you have any constructive criticism for me?

Answer 1

Depends on what you call pain.

This is certainly true in exercising, from which I believe this phrase originated.

Answer 2

Depends upon where it is applied. The no pain no gain is not true for weight lifting and most sports (all that I can think of)... stress is ok, too much leading to actual pain can be damaging to the body, sometimes permanently. Therefore, not all pain is gain... You can make gains without pain... just stress or pressure. I can get a lot of stuff done at work without pain in the least and most of the time without any pressure from anyone but myself. I do believe you have earn it to really appreciate it (what ever it is) Just my .02

Answer 3

Not fully.

Some things come without pain, some don't. Recall when you were a young teenager - do you remember growing pains? They were essential as your body developed into adulthood. That was physical pain for lifelong gain.

Keep the road you've started upon. I know it's not a path into Christianity, but there is a parallel with something CS Lewis, who was once an atheist, wrote - he was dragged into christianity kicking and screaming, fighting all the way - but he was overwhelmed by the undeniable evidence of it all.

You might find yourself being dragged into your new awareness of spiritual things. Allow them to mold you, much as your body grew as a teen.

There are people - friends - here for you, that is one of the gains that comes with minimal pain.

Peace.

Answer 4

It's the ordeal of all life-expressions.

Life is no gratis meal. Ferocious and ruthless life may prevail. Life is essentially cannibalistic. No organism on this Earth is supposed to survive without in some way being ferocious, without directly or indirectly contingently fighting hard for life. When you do good to someone, you do wrong to someone else, you take life from someone else.

Even vegetarians are utmostly ferocious when they devour salad leaves and are not conscious of destroying life, and are not conscious of giving great pain onto the life of the salad plants.

Humans practice some solidarity with each other, with some of their likes, but that is a simple egoistic strategy of survival.

Anyway, there is a sort of transcendental meaning behind all this that is not up to us to grasp. Not yet. Maybe never.

Answer 5

In some situations the "No pain no gain" philosophy works. Of course, over doing it is also not good. While the pain is of constructive value, it is good. As soon as the pain is no longer constructive, it is no longer of any value.

Answer 6

There is a cost for every gain, and it's only really painful when you want to have your cake and eat it to.
If you look at it as a price you are willing to pay for the gain, then it doesn't hurt. Like working out to gain health. You eventually enjoy the work.

Answer 7

It was not a pain to gain this weight, that was easy!

Getting it off is another matter completely.

Nope, no criticism of any kind.

Answer 8

Having experienced much pain in life I can certainly see the value of it as a means of personal growth. It moulds your character in positive ways but given a choice I'd rather not experience pain regardless of what I gained.

Answer 9

My daddy used to say nothing worth having in life comes easy.

So yeah, I guess no pain no gain is another way of saying the same thing.

Answer 10

Except the mental pain caused by religion, wheres the gain?

Answer 11

Nope, I've gained plenty without any pain.

I have pain in my life though, and that just helped shape who I am today, but for me pain does not always = gain..and gain doesn't mean that I've had to go through any pain.