Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Perseverance


First of all, let me say how cool it is when a little chick rips 300# off the ground. Not many much larger males could do this, so it is quite impressive. All you other gals out there- step ya game up!

What the video doesn't show is her first attempt at  300#... she pulled, she yanked, and the bar didn't budge. It would have been easy for her to just call it a day at 275#, to say "oh well, maybe next time." But she didn't. No, she came back five minutes later and made that bar her bee-yotch. Sometimes, a little perseverance is all it takes.

Life will weed out those who don't persevere. Nothing worth having comes without a fight. That may be a 2.5 bodyweight deadlift, a job you really want, or a marriage. If it's something you love, and something you want, then it most certainly is something that you will have to fight for. You can't give up when the (metaphorical) bar doesn't move. You cant stop when that thing clears your knees. You gotta keep yankin' till it's at the hips. What kind of man will you be when things don't come easy? What kind of man will you be when things don't go your way? Will you fold, or will you persevere? These are important questions that you have to answer for yourself. Sometimes, these are questions that life throws at you when you least expect it.

Keep yankin' on that bar. Don't give up- persevere.

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you face trials of many kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish it's work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." - James 1:2-4

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