Day Sixty-two

You know I am big on effort. I would much rather lose a game (race, event, competition) knowing that I gave 100% than win (sometimes as my teammates overachieved to compensate for my inadequacies).

You know that right?

Is it the same for you?

Because if it isn't we need to have a little chat.

Or maybe the meeting that will free you to explore the part of the universe that we call, innocently, mysterious.

Here, the mystery is revealed.

Please be advised that the following disclaimer will change everything.

Forever.

Because you will know the truth. Because that truth is more powerful than anything you can imagine. It makes nuclear energy look like fossil fuel. And then you will have the awesome responsibility to put that knowledge into play. To forge that knowledge to wisdom.

I will give it to you straight.

You need to give all you got and assume the risk of failure. Simple, no?

Train smart (smarter), train hard (harder), train with focus (more), dedication (more), camaraderie, grace and determination (more, more and more). And to balance, with LESS fear.

And then do it again. This is so easy. Elementary, I can almost hear Sherlock say.

Keep doing it until one glorious day you awake to find that it has become a part of you. You have trained it so. It has shaped you, cut you, chiseled you and toned you. Maybe not all physical, outward, but perhaps more importantly, internal, emotionally and with the shining grace that comes only from the confidence born of experience and suffering.

AND IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE HOW YOU FINISH, IT'S HOW YOU PROGRESS. Are we fucking clear on that?

One can lose all power, speed, prowess and remain a champion.

Effort.

The energy you take is equal to the energy you make.

I will leave you with this one from a true champion. Not an athlete but an actor. He said, "It's just as painful to do something well as it is to do it not well."

Or as one co-actor said of him, "He went to war for his art."

Will you fight a little for yours?