Chapter 48
We Reap What We Sow
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Today's Empowering Quote
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"My competitive spirit didn't stop because I became
physically disabled. I never said, "Why me?" After my car
accident, I still said, "Now, what's my purpose?"
-Joseph Russell (Paralympian, Powerlifting)
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Today's Empowering Question
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"Isn't it time I stopped feeling sorry for myself & got
going?"
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Today's Fast Session
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Many people don't realize how close athletics are to
"real" life. A lot of people forget that a sport isn't
just playing the game once or twice a week. The
preparation before the performance is where the paycheck
and/or glory are earned.
You too, won't get where you're going in life, whether
it's losing the weight, stopping your most insidious habit
or improving your financial health by waiting for the
performance...
Every day is the practice. Every minute.
I used to be one of the people who blamed everyone else
for my problems. I ALWAYS asked, "Why me?"
I had this dream of a dream life where I told everyone
what to do and they did it. I wanted to play at the beach
every day. I wanted to be friends with famous people. I
wanted everyone to like me, but I didn't want to do
anything for anyone. I wanted to be a starter on my school
teams, but I didn't want to practice hard. I wanted to be
rich, but didn't want to work hard, learn or take orders.
I am not making this up for effect... that's who I was to
the core.
By the time I hit my mid-twenties, I was broke in every
sense. But I've come to learn that there are no accidents
in life. Everything has a purpose, even tragedy. Every
experience tests us to see what we'll do with it.
My life and millions of other people's lives didn't get
better until we realized that every benefit demands a
payment... Just like a store that requires money for their
goods, life demands that you put in effort and sacrifice
for its rewards. There are no overnight success stories.
The good news is that usually, the sacrifice is only
inside your own head. And this sacrifice doesn't take away
FROM you. It actually adds TO you...
...Life gives you back exactly what you put out.
If you think a pill is going to take your depression and
anxiety away, you're still hiding from the truth...
...The truth that few people care about the pain of others
when it's self-inflicted. The attention you're getting is
only pity. Not empathy.
When people like Joseph Russell take all the bad breaks
they've been given and ignore them and continue on to find
and live a life of purpose, you've got to ask yourself, "Am
I not understanding ANY of what life's about?"
There are no victims here...
We're all only players. We all have a role. So let's
find our roles and start joining the teams we'd like to be
on.
Life is about learning...
Think about the average six-year-old. They know next to
nothing. It's their role to learn how to communicate, to
share, to read directions, to listen, to learn how to get a
15-minute job done in 15 minutes.
That never changes. After we leave our coaches and
teachers and move away from Mom and Dad, why do we stop
learning about the basics of life? School is not out.
It's never out.
If you haven't already, let's make right now the minute
that you decide to learn what it takes to right your ship.
Get it into your head that things aren't going to get
better until you start smiling, and realize that every
single problem you have doesn't start with how you're
talked to, what someone else did to you, where you live,
where you work, who you're married to...
A problem begins when you see a situation and react
improperly to it. The problem usually isn't the situation.
The problem is your reaction TO the situation.
Shakespeare said, "Nothing is either good or bad, but
thinking makes it so."
So if it's all an illusion, why not choose a happy illusion?
Now.
So smile, and focus on what benefits you'll get today if
you bring enthusiasm and honest effort to the situations
you'll encounter.
I know that's a hard reality. But the longer it takes you
to face it, the longer your life will be less than you'd
prefer.
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Today's Winning Beliefs
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-- I take complete responsibility for my responses to
situations
-- I respond positively to all situations, no matter what
-- Whatever happens to me, I live and renew my purpose in
harmony
-- I am bigger than anything that can happen to me
-- I am willing to keep learning about life and what it
takes to make it work
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