Everyone wants to be happy and free but…

When I think about the famous saying from Ronnie Coleman “everyone wants to be a bodybuilder, but no one wants to lift no heavy weight” at first, I thought it was funny. Since the power of steroids and amazing genetics can lead you extremely far to just lifting heavy weights compared to someone who has poor genetics and natural limit. Lately, though I have realized his saying has a much deeper connection and meaning to me personally. That goes far beyond just the exercise and lifting world.

If you change the words around it could be applied to relationships, life, career, goals, and more.

“Everyone wants an amazing relationship, but no one wants to put in the heavy effort required”.

“Everyone wants a perfect job, but no one wants to put in the heavy effort for a poor job first”.

“Everyone wants a good life, but no one wants to put in the heavy effort required during the sad times”.

See the point?

 

 

In almost every case we go through challenges and hardships in life. Yet many of us give up just before we get the reward. Instead of sticking it out to get our reward. We throw in the towel and just say “well guess this isn’t for me…” onto the next thing. The easy thing. The thing that your friend is doing, or a family member down the street. No one wants to do the hard things anymore. Everyone wants an easy path. We all fall victim to it; the difference is those select few people who catch themselves very quickly when they realize they have fallen off the path. This goes far beyond just saying “Oh God give me strength” type of praying. This is some real perspective reality type stuff.

There are millions of people in the world right now that are very unhappy, have no idea why or how to solve it, and just decide to follow the rest of the people like sheep. So, then it creates this huge mentality of group sadness. One person is down, they bring the other person down and everyone just gets down. Yet nothing improves, nothing grows, and nothing changes. Time goes by and they wonder why things are still the same.

The select few people realize when things are starting to go down and start taking massive action to improve and grow things in their own life, relationships, and every aspect.

For some reason lately, I have been hit with test after test in my personal life. I don’t know why… I really don’t. I try to be my best self and live a good life. Help others, encourage others. I don’t ask for much in return, but life seems to want to keep testing me. Then I realize the biggest and hardest tests come to the toughest warriors. So, some part of me keeps needing these tests to grow stronger from it. Even though it’s painful and I’m knocked down but not out. Sometimes we have to go through these challenges to guide others on the path to let them know “I made it, you can do it too”.

The cold reality is most people don’t even care. You can give up, you can stop trying and just sit on the sideline of life and watch the next 50 years go by. MANY people actually do that after a challenge. Very few get back up. Once you realize that it’s all up to you, this is no warmup for life. No rehearsal that you a practicing until you are ready for life. This is the life. All your actions leading up to this point for better or worse. It is all up to you. So you’ve got to be prepared at all times… I’ll try my best to stay strong. You do your best too..

 

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