When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they may turn to distractions and temporary pleasures to cope with the void.

Viktor Frankl

"In the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act."

Rebecca Solnit

What differentiates masochism from healthy effort is whether something meaningful is on the other side. If you manage to figure that out, and you are in touch with what you really want, learning how to recognize and push through the wince can help you create better patterns.

Ursula Le Guin: “If you evade suffering you also evade chances of joy….The thing about working with time, instead of against it ...is that it is not wasted. Even the pain counts”.