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If there is anything that causes us great pause it is to reveal to the world that we want much more out of life than just a house, a wife/husband, a nice car multiple great kids, church, plenty of money and a great wife/husband. It’s funny but when we start to pursue a path that does not lead to the enhancements of the above stated bits of normalcy (by the world’s standards) we instantly begin to endure multiple attacks by close friends, relatives and knuckleheads. Each of us believes that once the cards of our existence are dealt we only have to do that which is correct according to the world around us,
Let’s say you have always admired bodybuilders and you privately wanted to be like them and way down inside you wanted to go on stage and begin taking your place among them. Now—-enter the first step toward realizing your dream…….POW!! the fears of others are piled on you in amounts that could crush any lesser men. Ouch! These are supposed to be my friends! Next step is to either continue and know that your dream is to be derailed and you are to be reduced to an existence far less than our aspirations and friends dictate. We also know that if we let others crush our desires and dreams we will be relegated to a life of “HO HUM”. The pain of self exposure is too hard. Some give up and I might say “MOST” give up. But, for those who ignore the big three critics they move forward steeling their minds against those who do not want them to be better than them. Normalcy to most people is not being too poor or too despicable to be regarded as inferior. Alternatively, those who aspire to some sort of greatness are labeled as “social climbers or show offs, or big shots or the worst one is just crazy and irresponsible. “They just can’t grow up!”
There are spirits among us that want more than just an existence. They want to be good as they follow their dreams. They want more from life than to live from pay check to pay check. Their dreams run counter to all that they have been led to believe.
Bodybuilding, is a form of being what we want to be. The loneliness of bodybuilders forging ahead in the quiet of a near empty gym after work, after being sure the family is secure and taken care of is deafening. While the world and critics sleep the bodybuilder is busy remaking his physique in preparation to be better than others with the same goals. All of us who do this thing called bodybuilding or even severe physical training on our own terms, have had to learn to walk alone and to reach deep for motivation inside ourselves. What’s really cool is that one day many who threw rocks at the effort will wish they too had the guts to pursue their own passions…..and the passions don’t necessarily have to be in bodybuilding….It could be anything that pushes the spirit to a different and higher plain.
In closing let’s commit ourselves to never settling for being average. None of us has a HOLY OBLIGATION to be average. I believe that when we seek to be better that this is an ordination for good. I will be even better on stage next time. I dare not be AVERAGE because my competition will definitely be way above AVERAGE. So! Go to work and destroy the term AVERAGE in our lives. It’s not for us.
Six Pack and Senior 