“Life is “SOOO DAILY!” I heard this quote 45 years ago at a religious conference and it is as true today as it was uttered then. We get up every day and face ourselves, evaluate ourselves, inspect ourselves at every level imaginable. Somewhere, in these moments of introspection we decide we want to be different. We, in fact, want to be better tomorrow. But, the journey to improvement starts immediately. It is defined by “WHAT WE DO ABOUT IT!” Nothing in life is free (unless you are a self-defined professional victim), so knowing this little nugget of truth, we do a couple of things intuitively and reflexively: 1.) We Decide that what we have is unacceptable. 2.) We fill our psyche with a big pile of “WANT TO” 3.) We make a plan to advance on the change that we desire. 4.) We keep our goal before our eyes always (on the refrigerator or your bedroom or bathroom mirror) so we are constantly reminded what we decided to do. 5.) We roll up our sleeves and we go about the business of change. In short! “GET STARTED.”
In bodybuilding we go through precisely the same process to make the changes required to win. “TODAY TRULY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE” —so get it right. Do the things that are required to be better or you will forever be trapped in the world of “TODAY.” Which is to say, we have settled for that which we do not “POSSESS” with no thought of “DOING” anything to get that which we “DESIRE.” If bodybuilders settled then they would be forever losers and what’s the point of exposing ourselves to public derision.
A dear friend of mine pointed out to me this truth, “ALL WE HAVE IS TODAY, BUT YOU HAVE TONS OF POTENTIAL.”—DOUG ANDREWSKI. So, the only thing keeping you and me from the mountain top is what we do!—–SO LET’S DO IT! — See you at the top!
A couple months ago….
Six Pack and Senior 