"You don't gain self-worth by taking the easy path that leaves you feeling empty but by taking the path that leads to a larger purpose. Sometimes, if not most of the time, that path towards a larger purpose isn't the easier one. But that's what allows you to know that the self-worth is real and true, not because it's hard or different for the sake of being different but because, at the end of the day, you know you had to earn the results of your life. Although life has a way of occasionally beating all of us down, you know that you can take hold of one or two areas of it. You don't play the victim or martyr, but instead you become the captain of your life. The expression 'you get out of this life what you put in' is so true. What is also true is that in modern day society, one of the best ways to earn your self-worth is to earn your body."
