Personal Thoughts: Rolling With the Punches

Life has a funny way of teaching you hard lessons. It will sometimes throw you into the proverbial deep end of the pool while you try to either learn to swim or drown.

Life also has a way of giving you things and presenting you with opportunities.

But you have to be able to recognize the opportunity when it is presented. Some people float through life hoping for something amazing to fall into their laps, while sometimes, something may. But these people are so busy looking for something terrible or bad or complaining about how much life sucks that they miss the opportunities before them.

This is a blog not only dedicated to getting stronger with iron, but stronger in heart, in mind, in spirit and also in body. All of these facets work together to make us humans what and who we truly are. 

While having a big total is a great thing in the world of powerlifting and being able to show how strong you are in the gym or on the field is something worth achieving, it is also worth noting that having a strong personal sense of who you are and what you truly want out of life is important to strive for as well.

I was recently presented with an opportunity. I had lost out on something fairly recently and was upset about it, complaining and whining about it. But I eventually put on my big girl pants and said "OK, something else will come along and if I have to work harder to get it, I will." 

Then life dropped a sapphire right into my lap and I was able to seize the opportunity because I recognized what it was. My ability to not be a "green grasser" gave me the chance to take the opportunity and now just run with it and make the most of it.

"Green grassers" are people who just cannot seem to simply appreciate and accept and truly enjoy and be happy with what they have already created or have in their lives. Do not mistake this for apathy. While we should all continue to try to be better, stronger and greater human beings in all aspects and continually grow, we ought to also be able to stop and appreciate the journey and the stops we have created and taken. We cannot continually look over the fence and hope that side is better than the side we're on. Granted, sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't. But we should at least try to appreciate what we have while we have it while still trying to improve and become better versions of who are are.

You can't win them all, but you should certainly try.

See you in THE DUNGEON