The old adage says, “You gotta play to win!” applies here. Too often we want something but we are unwilling to pursue it. The great desire of most men and many women is the be great at something. Always we seek to be great at something we have seen, experienced, or worked with but we never are able to see ourselves as part of that greatness. So, we just dismiss the urge or the dream and return to our humdrum lives without ever considering whether we could do it too.
In almost all things that we dream of championing we have to “START” somewhere. We have to spend the time alone deciding that we want it bad enough to go for it. Once we decide that this thing is “us to the core” the next thing to do is to “START.” Set a date, time, a place, and be in the possession of the essentials of the dream and an internal map about how we are going to get there. Just to get to the “STARTING LINE” is gutsy, frightening, and seemingly impossible. Our biggest fear is being seen as a failure in the eyes of close friends, relatives, and family members. We can only see these groups uttering the words, “I TOLD YOU SO!” OR “I KNEW YOU COULDN’T DO IT!” So we put off “STARTING” so as not to tip our hands to the naysayers.
But! Once we put our shoulder to the wheel and “START” nothing can stop us. Now!!! The road to greatness is open and we step onto it. It’s our imaginations at this point that are transformed. We no longer dream. We now “DO” all that is required to be stupendous and “GREAT!”
When “GREATNESS” is attained we will look back and see the road we traveled. It started small. The training was rudimentary but focused. Next, the training then begins to grow and expand and the things you are doing now will be overcome with sheer effort.
Hitting the stage and winning makes you “GREAT” before all men and especially your family. People will talk about you and they will seek you out to be your friend. The perks and marks of greatness are everywhere. But this one truth you know. “YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE GREAT TO START…BUT….YOU HAVE TO START TO GREAT!” Today belongs to you because you had the audacity to “START!”
Six Pack and Senior 