A little pain today is needed for tears of joy tomorrow

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 It can be hard to justify sacrifice when tomorrow is so uncertain. Sacrifice implies that we give up something today for something tomorrow. The more sacrifice we commit today implies that what's tomorrow is really valuable. 

This means that sacrifice requires some form of faith and a lot of Hope. it's paradoxical but sacrifice can be easier if it's not tied in to something specific in the future. It's easier to focus on sacrifice itself or sacrifice for sacrifice's sake, then to be always calculating for something in the future. That is Faith 

And when the reward comes, it will be much sweeter.

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