SPARTAN SERIES #274: “MAKE TODAY COUNT….YOU’LL NEVER GET IT BACK!”

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“Burn this into your minds!!! We always think we have time but each moment we use up in this life is simply a moment we can never relive…So, do your best everyday. It’s all we have in this world!”

“TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE”–All of us have heard this refrain over our lifetimes. It’s so pithy and obvious that it is Jaw Dropping! But, let’s take this self evident quote and pull it apart a bit. First, we have to come to grips with our own mortality. Every person has an expiration date or a shelf life. The end of all of us in this world is not only predicted, it is guaranteed. Nobody gets out of this life alive. Harsh truth but is is unavoidable. It’s for this reason that we try to live each day as it is our last. As the title tot his article says, “YOU’LL NEVER GET THIS DAY BACK.”

So, let’s focus on us bodybuilders, professionals, parents, clergy, and just basic good people. Each day when we get up we are all given the same number of seconds, minutes, and hours today. We can choose to languish in bed or around the house wondering how to spend these precious moments OR!!! You can get out of bed and start to look for the things to do that lift us, motivate us, defines us and drives us to our next level of existence. You have to have a plan. An old saying that I picked up about 40 years ago says, “HE WHO AIMS FOR NOTHING—HITS IT EVERY TIME!”

Today has to be our best. We will never get a “DO OVER”. In bodybuilding we have to use the gift of time to be focused, consistent, advancing, and moving toward our next goal. If we miss workouts or defr our bet efforts then we will surrender tomorrow to nothingness by sheer neglect. The greatest lesson for us bodybuilders with this universal truth is that we cannot win if we give the victiory away by neglect.

My last contest I slacked off toward the day of the show. I got my ass kicked. A totally stupid self-inflicted wound….Never again.

So the reality I am espousing here is that we have no choice. We either seize each day with focus and purpose or suffer the humiliation of being unprepared. Life is like that in every endeavor.

Bottom Line: Spend what you have wisely (time) or regreat the idiocy of los due to self neglect and laziness.

This is your time…..Never back down. The night cometh……win now and be ready!