The Peace Underlying Every Breakdown

In order to go to bed feeling accomplished and fulfilled we have to wake up with the drive and the grit to be better than we’ve been and find ways to do more with what we have


If we cannot control the outcome, we can control our influence and perception of each action required of us


I find so much peace in the moments I feel like I could breakdown because it has such an empowering feeling of persistence underlying it


It’s this metaphysical yet so in your face choice being presented to us to either give into the pain the fear the pressure the doubt or to rise up and step into a new identity


I just love that feeling of being on the brink of something


Like you’re going to get wherever you’re going only if you can keep going right then in THAT moment;

• That last sprint
• The last 10 seconds
• That final rep
• That “one more time for good measure” posing run through

It’s this intense feeling that centers me in the presence and yet it feels so indescribable


I think those who know will know and understand


It’s just a piece of time where you’re literally facing the person you were and the person you’re becoming and you either step up or you fall down


And both of them are painful but one is more conducive to being prepared for facing the demands of tomorrow so the urgency to grow is so much more immediate and rewarding


It’s something I love about being a competitor


This feeling presents itself plenty of times in the improvement seasons and then there’s just something different in the air when we get closer and closer to our goals becoming our reality on the stage


As if we are not only here in the present but we are also calling upon the future version of ourselves and asking “what was it that you did today to be where you are now?”
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And then going all in for the vision, trusting that it really is yours, and believing that you are more than capable, worthy, deserving, and willing to achieve the outcome


BUILD MORE THAN JUST A BODY

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