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“It has to be hard to make you grow!”
All of us wants something that makes us stand out or above the rest. We fantasize about accomplishing something, or earning something, or being awarded something. Each of these day dreams has us front and center and very proud of ourselves. There is nothing morally wrong with wanting something bigger than us. But! Here is where the rubber meets the road…..Dreaming, and fantasizing yield nothing concrete or lasting. It’s not until we embrace the reality that the only way to have anything of real value is work very “HARD” for it…..Whatever it is…..In fact, the “HARDER” you have to work to get your desire the more valuable it is to you. Once obtained or accomplished the object we sought becomes priceless.
Sometimes I think that many people think that if they just say it, “I want to win my division in the next bodybuilding show” or “I would love to get a super promotion at my company or “I’m going to lose 50 lbs this year,” that it will happen. Well, I’m here to testify to you that saying is just the beginning. The rest is very “HARD” work and you cannot get around this eternal truth.
The MAXIM I labor before is that “NOTHING IS FREE” and NOTHING THAT IS WORTH HAVING MUST BE ATTAINED GAINST THE BACKDROP OF “HARD” WORK.
I remember Branch Warren saying once, “If you lift little weights you get little muscles but if you want big muscles you have to lift big weights.” This MAXIM comes from a true sage of bodybuilding.
No big lecture on this concept: In the end “IT HAS TO BE HARD TO MAKE YOU GROW.” Don’t fool yourself. Belly up to the bar, work your butt off, and the reward will appear. If it’s hard then you are probably doing something right.
Six Pack and Senior 