"Painful"

"Why is it so hard?"
"You know what to do. It's not hard; it's just painful."
- tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy

That is probably the best counseling advice anyone could get. Most of the time, we know what to do. We know how to do it. We know what it'll cost, how it'll be received. And then, we don't want to do it because it'll hurt too much, because the price is too high, because the end won't satisfy the need in our minds.

It's not hard; it's just painful. But you know what to do.