There are so many things in life that have to be learned and integrated for our self improvement and in many cases for our own personal survival. My wife and I talk much about the hardest of lessons we learn and how it happened. Christine, often tells me a story that her father, Congressman, David King of Utah, told her about the greatest lessons that he learned. Each of the great lessons is put into place during the hardest circumstances imaginable. These lessons often become part of the fabric of our belief systems that forms the foundation that we rest our lives on. It could be the death of a family member, a severe illness, the loss of a marriage, a wayward son or daughter, or the loss of a career. What ever the trauma that threatens to end our very beings we have to face these things squarely and figure out a way to go on. How we respond to our really bad “THING” will determine whether we learned anything and can push on to a victory or whether we missed the point and we are beaten.
In bodybuilding we are faced with injury, sickness, medical conditions, psychological burnout, or a loss of our way forward or the loss of our “REASON WHY.” Again, how we respond to our REALLY BAD THING will determine whether we retrench and figure out another way tp live and redoubling our efforts or whether we will let the “BAD THING” cause “self-elimination.”
Life, family, or bodybuilding requires us to face the hardest of challenges. We will be forced to stare defeat in the face and yet win. In doing so, we will discover what we are really made of. What sort of character do we possess? Ultimately, we are either quitters or conquerors. This determination will only come to the surface when we face our darkest moments. Pray that God will help us to the next level when we have been devastated.
Six Pack and Senior 