When we are young and we think we know everything, we conclude that the world is too big to conquer or even to face. Our fear of taking on something this big can paralyze us or we can take it on and see what happens. After awhile of surging forward into an uncharted world we start a serious process of introspection. We ask, “Who am I?” And “Where am I headed?” When we enter this phase we once again face the real possibility of being paralyzed with indecision or we can do some self discovery and continue moving forward.
Obviously, if you are reading this blog you had to have chosen to move forward. We seek to find ourselves. This advice was passed to each of us in the form of this simple quip, “we have to find ourselves.” Well, it sounds good and it resonates with some truth but it lacks definitive action to make yourself and your circumstances different. I submit that we need to be about the business of “Creating” ourselves everyday, all day, forever.
Creating yourself!
To create yourself means you have decided to follow your heart and to act on that which is most passionate. Each moment of your life must be lived in such a way that your self creation is brought closer to being a reality. There is no other way to live. I don’t want to find myself again. I want to follow the impulses of my heart that make me into that magnificent being that God intended me to be. We must reach for the things that are seemingly too big to conquer when they stand in our way of becoming the creature that we were intended to be.
To create ourselves means we have to decide that what we have chosen to be is precisely what we want. We need to decide that our goal is worth having and that it is worth working for and in some cases sacrificing for. We must be so sure of our goal that literally nothing can get in the way of it’s attainment.
We have to begin where we stand. In bodybuilding we must take a realistic and honest assessment of where we are. If we are fat, it must be corrected. If we are skinny we have to add mass. But, we have to remember that it’s not where we started, it’s where we end up that counts.
Next, we have to put a plan into place that will set the course to our goal. Tons of thought and maybe hours of constructing the plan will be undertaken. Once the plan is in place we will then begin the task of creating ourselves to match the goals set. It is hard and it requires epic effort at times. There will be moments of total discouragement. But, we have to go on. There will be other things that will cause us to lose our way and want to return to the times before we started. But, we have to go on.
Lastly, I found myself the moment I came into this world. But, it took a very conscious effort to take what I am and to create from it the person and winner that I am. Stay close to your self-creative genius and reach for that which makes you more magnificent than you could ever imagine. Settle for nothing short of reaching your goals. You and I will win because we are artisans that are shaping a creation to win.
Six Pack and Senior 