Moments.
I was out on a run today. It has been a long time since I have last updated the world with my status. So I figured today would do.
There comes moments that will change your life one way or the other. I have had some interesting moments in my life. Moments where you can either pull up your courage and fight through the pain and anguish and get to the goal - or you can fall down in the mud and wonder why you are going anywhere at all. I will admit not every choice I make is the right one - and I pay the price for those choices. But at other times - when I feel the worst or when I don't know which way to go - I dig back into my experiences and flip through the file of what I have done - and find a match for what I am doing. It takes guts and determination to do what you are doing.
I talk mostly of running. I talk mostly of determination. I talk mostly of doing that which is not easy - and getting the result that most are not willing to sacrifice to get.
I have begun again to run. I have begun again to push myself and dig deep into my experience and to understand that I have been here before and that I am going forward with my plan.
What is my plan? I thought you would never ask. My plan is pretty succinct. I want to live as long as humanly possible so I can affect change in the world, hold my Great-Grandchild on my knee - run marathons and half-marathons when I am 80, and get away with all sorts of things that old people get away with. That is my goal.
Today I ran nearly Six miles by GPS Measure. That is just the start.
This post was titled "Moments." I am a fan of Moments in history - and moments in movies - and so I will detail a few:
Henry the 5th - St. Crispens Day.
William Wallace - "Will you fight - or Run"
Rudy - making the choice to go to Notre Dame and not to give up.
Remember the Titans - "Not One Yard - You will Rush ALL NIGHT"
Joshua Chamberlain - Fixing the bayonets on Little Round Top.
Rocky - body blows in the 11th.
Any Given Sunday - "The six inches in front of your face"
300 - the wolf in winter.
Each one of these instances illustrates for me the switch that gets flipped in your mind that says "Not another day of sitting on my butt and not doing a thing." That light goes on in your mind that you CAN do this - you CAN persevere - YOU are the only driver on the bus. YOU do it - nobody else can take you along for the experience. You are in charge of how fast you go - how long you go - and the distance you choose to go. You dig deep and find the experience. If you don't find one like what you are experiencing - make one for yourself. YOU build it - YOU make it - YOU do it - YOU conquer - YOU fight. Weakness is not an option if you want to win. IF you want to win you do what is necessary to win. YOU make the choice to run away or to stand and fight. YOU decide if this is a "Spear in the Sand" moment.
Oh sure you might have a buddy who helps you out of bed or talks you through the first steps. BUT that buddy does not lift your feet - fuel the fire or drive the desire to go. YOU do that.
I make the choice to go the distance. I am a man that will not quit because it is hard. Hard is what makes you better. Hard is what others don't want to do because it might take more effort than they want to expend. I want to run faster, harder longer, and further than the other fat men out there. I want to drive myself to do what others don't because that makes it special for me. If I want it I will have to go out there and get it. My fat is something that drives me - provides the fuel for the desire. I may not be fast now - but wait - that is my next goal - to be fast - fleet of foot and driving to the end.
Now - what are you prepared to do to keep up with the fat man?
I was out on a run today. It has been a long time since I have last updated the world with my status. So I figured today would do.
There comes moments that will change your life one way or the other. I have had some interesting moments in my life. Moments where you can either pull up your courage and fight through the pain and anguish and get to the goal - or you can fall down in the mud and wonder why you are going anywhere at all. I will admit not every choice I make is the right one - and I pay the price for those choices. But at other times - when I feel the worst or when I don't know which way to go - I dig back into my experiences and flip through the file of what I have done - and find a match for what I am doing. It takes guts and determination to do what you are doing.
I talk mostly of running. I talk mostly of determination. I talk mostly of doing that which is not easy - and getting the result that most are not willing to sacrifice to get.
I have begun again to run. I have begun again to push myself and dig deep into my experience and to understand that I have been here before and that I am going forward with my plan.
What is my plan? I thought you would never ask. My plan is pretty succinct. I want to live as long as humanly possible so I can affect change in the world, hold my Great-Grandchild on my knee - run marathons and half-marathons when I am 80, and get away with all sorts of things that old people get away with. That is my goal.
Today I ran nearly Six miles by GPS Measure. That is just the start.
This post was titled "Moments." I am a fan of Moments in history - and moments in movies - and so I will detail a few:
Henry the 5th - St. Crispens Day.
William Wallace - "Will you fight - or Run"
Rudy - making the choice to go to Notre Dame and not to give up.
Remember the Titans - "Not One Yard - You will Rush ALL NIGHT"
Joshua Chamberlain - Fixing the bayonets on Little Round Top.
Rocky - body blows in the 11th.
Any Given Sunday - "The six inches in front of your face"
300 - the wolf in winter.
Each one of these instances illustrates for me the switch that gets flipped in your mind that says "Not another day of sitting on my butt and not doing a thing." That light goes on in your mind that you CAN do this - you CAN persevere - YOU are the only driver on the bus. YOU do it - nobody else can take you along for the experience. You are in charge of how fast you go - how long you go - and the distance you choose to go. You dig deep and find the experience. If you don't find one like what you are experiencing - make one for yourself. YOU build it - YOU make it - YOU do it - YOU conquer - YOU fight. Weakness is not an option if you want to win. IF you want to win you do what is necessary to win. YOU make the choice to run away or to stand and fight. YOU decide if this is a "Spear in the Sand" moment.
Oh sure you might have a buddy who helps you out of bed or talks you through the first steps. BUT that buddy does not lift your feet - fuel the fire or drive the desire to go. YOU do that.
I make the choice to go the distance. I am a man that will not quit because it is hard. Hard is what makes you better. Hard is what others don't want to do because it might take more effort than they want to expend. I want to run faster, harder longer, and further than the other fat men out there. I want to drive myself to do what others don't because that makes it special for me. If I want it I will have to go out there and get it. My fat is something that drives me - provides the fuel for the desire. I may not be fast now - but wait - that is my next goal - to be fast - fleet of foot and driving to the end.
Now - what are you prepared to do to keep up with the fat man?
