Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.
George A. Sheehan was a physician and author best known for his writings about the sport of running. His book, "Running & Being: The Total Experience," became a New York Times best seller. He was a track star in college, and later became a cardiologist like his father. He served as a doctor in the United States Navy in the South Pacific during World War II on the destroyer USS Daly. He married Mary Jane Fleming and they raised twelve children. He continued to write while struggling with prostate cancer. His last book, Going the Distance, was published shortly after his death.
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.