All of us has faced this dilemma. We are cornered and there is no place to run to, nobody to come to our rescue, all our friends are someplace else. The danger is right in front of us. It’s do our die. At this point there is no fright or flight response. We are on the chopping block and its time to man up. Whoever the aggressor is needs to know that they are dealing with a person who is not going to roll over and take an ass kicking needlessly. Time to fix bayonets and come out of the fox hole and go hand to hand.
All this is metaphorical (for now) but each of us needs to know that there are times when “no one else is going to be at our side” when trouble hits. There is a tendency to allow evil to have its way with us when we don’t deserve it because it’s too embarrassing, we are rendered helpless by circumstances or politics. More often than not we take stripes that don’t belong to us. It’s during these times that we first learn that we have “stand up for ourselves”—we have to puff our chests and say NO!
All of us guys (maybe some girls, I don’t know) have had a bigger guy pick on us. In my case he would take my cute little lunch box that looked like a barn with animals painted on it all the rest and he would take my lunch out and throw it on the ground and smash my “Little Red Barn Lunchbox.” This happened a couple times a week. My mom was pretty upset about fixing or replacing my lunchbox, not to mention the black eyes and torn clothing. Then, my big brother told me (I was in 3rd grade) to pick up a stick or anything and when he came around to do his worse—POW! Let him have it….Don’t stop hitting him until he goes away. I had nothing to lose. When he came around to destroy my life I hit him in the face with a rock. I opened a wide gash over his right eye and there was instant ceasing of aggression and blood everywhere. I got a call from his parents that night and I let my mom do her worst. I had no further attacks on my “Little Red Barn” from that day forward. This is the lesson of life, “YOU GET WHAT YOU TOLERATE” and it takes massive courage to “STAND UP FOR YOURSELF.”
In bodybuilding we have to be our own advocates. Nobody tells us to train or the get ready or to eat right. But, we know that. if we are not ready for the stage our competition will embarrass us before God and everybody. Nobody comes to our rescue. Now, is the time to “get ready to rumble!” We must stand up for ourselves. Bodybuilding reinforces these basic human traits. We know that if we don’t do it ourselves nobody else will be there.
Bottom Line: Have no regret! This is our life. Nobody can take it from us…..we can only surrender. NOT AN OPTION!
Six Pack and Senior 