This quote is soooo true! How often do we fantasize about something wonderful that we want to possess. We want it so badly it’s all we think about. We imagine how it’s going to feel in our hands or how it will look on our bodies. In our minds we twirl it, touch it, run our hands along the exterior, and it becomes part of us. Its better than “Ralphy’s Red Ryder Air Rifle”—and we know the rest of the Christmas Story.
Now Ralphy did not do anything to get the “Red Ryder Air Rifle,” he just wanted it so badly that it occupied his mind, heart, and life as he anticipated getting his hands on it. This is where the story of “WANT” ends and reality takes over.
The greatest truth we will ever face is that if we “WANT” something we have to earn it, not just pine for it. As we work for that which we “WANT” it slowly becomes within reach and one day it is ours. The transition from “WANT” to “DESERVE” has just been made. Nobody can take it away. We earned it and we “DESERVE” it. Perspective is everything.
In bodybuilding, as it is in life, we want the body and the trophies because that’s the currency we traffic in as competitors. The first thing we learn from our coaches (in my case, Justin Dees) is that we have to put in the effort to first get the body and then pound it into a presentable and potentially a champion physique. There is no just “WANTING” a great body, it must be earned through consistent, daily, hard work and discipline. It’s a lonely road but it has to be traveled by you and me. Nobody will do it for us and no amount of “WANTING” can substitute for the focus, planning, effort and pain.
The next time somebody says they “WANT” something, do some counseling in the kindest voice to guide them to the tools required so that they attain what they “DESERVE.” This is where our experience can save a person from their own “DELUSIONAL THOUGHTS AND DESIRES.” The sense that you have helped another to be better is the feeling you “DESERVE.” This is our calling to give back.
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