Everybody I’ve ever known has been put onto our backs violently. The mechanism of injury can be verbal, emotional, psychological, or physical. It hurts, it’s shocking, and sometimes surprising and humiliating. it just doesn’t matter how we got there. What matters is what we do from that point forward. Simply put, we can lay there and let the bad stuff pour over us or we can roll over, get first to our knees, then to one leg and then push ourselves to a standing position. It’s a simple choice but it still has to be made. What we choose to do will determine the next immediate events and it will also define us for a long time to come. Choose wisely!
I can recall getting into a fight when I was really young. I have a big ego and big mouth and a small body. Bad combination for me. I lipped off and this guy who was 2 years older than me proceeded to pound me. The one thing he didn’t count on was my courage/stupidity. Each time he had me beaten and stood up after pummeling me I would stand up and scream at him and call him a dirty name. He would repeat the process of nearly killing me. One time he stopped hitting me and said out loud, “I’m going to kill him!” As soon as he walked away I stood up and again insulted him. This happened repeatedly until he was worn out from kicking my ass. Lesson for me! 1.) I can take it. 2.) #1 is irrelevant if you’re being killed by your own idiocy. 3.) I proved to myself I could hobble 6 blocks home and collapse on my living room floor in front of my poor mother. Thus, proving she truly had raised a masochistic idiot for a son.
Each of us has to decide what to do when your are beaten or whether there is a chance to recover and get back into the fight. I would like to think that staying on the mat is my last choice. If I stay on the mat it’s because I am destroyed and there is no comeback. BUT! if there is any fight left in me this enemy is going to pay big time because he neglected to kill me.
In bodybuilding, there are times when we approach the stage and we get a chance to take stock of our competition and it’s a bit daunting. Great athletes and then there’s me. We can play “not to lose’ ore we can dig deep and make the “beautiful people” uncomfortable……This game is not over just because we are intimidated. We have to turn the corner and make this night memorable because you’re ready and because it belongs to you.
Bottom Line: Either get used to being kicked around or expectantly deliver the knock out blow to any who would hurt you or defeat you. GET UP! FOCUS! FIND THE TARGET! ATTACK!
THE END IS OFTEN A CHOICE NOT A CONSEQUENCE!
Six Pack and Senior 