Spartan Series #269: “REMEMBER WHO YOU WANTED TO BE!”

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It’s so easy to proclaim to ourselves and to anybody else within earshot that we want something very badly and we will do anything to get it. We restate our intentions often to remind us and others of where we wanted to go and the person we wanted to become in the process. All of us at one time or other has made vow to defeat our enemies and remain good guys with big hearts. We all want to be well thought of.

I stood in the middle of the basketball court and vowed I’d be the best athlete this school has ever seen. That moment defined me and my path forever—so I thought. I was so good at sports you could easily call me a “BIG MAN ON CAMPUS.” (though I’m short). But, after a short stint in college football and a summer of minor league baseball it was time to do some serious growing up. After putting 5,000 Miles on my thumb traveling around the East Coast I joined the Navy. I won’t bore you with the entire sidetracking of who I wanted to be but suffice it to say it was a good thing. First, I didn’t get killed in Vietnam and I got some great training that propelled my adult career in the military and in medicine. For this I am eternally grateful.

However, all of us will remember what and who we swore to become. Those commitments and vows really never go away. They are dormant but not dead. As I got older I got into bodybuilding long after and much older than most guys do. It reignited that passion for accomplishment and the love for the work that is required to get there. I have loved the restarted journey toward my own personal goals. This whole thing at this age is truly a labor of love. It’s not the trophy it’s the hunt. Bodybuilding has given me and my super charged set of goals a new lease on life. It caused me to remember who I really wanted to be. Champion of my own making. This year will be my last year competing and I’m going to go out a winner…..Take great comfort in getting another chance at our remembered greatness.

Bottom Line: We never forget who we wanted to be. Often we just don’t get the chance to actually remember and to gain the self vaunted stature and person we set out to become so long ago. This is your time to remember and begin the pursuit of who you want to be—one more time!