Lots of very positive comments to our "conversation" yesterday about the STRUGGLE.
Thank you for those! I love that you are out there... and hearing your thoughts warms my heart.
So, STRUGGLE is LIFE. That resonates with many of us.
I love the idea that STRUGGLE is like the weight that we use for our daily ROWS.
I have a friend who always says that the most interesting and strongest people they meet, always have some HARDSHIP in their lives that SHAPED them...
I am smiling now. I think we could market difficult lives in the same way that "HIP HOP ABS" are marketed... ;-)
Imagine, if we all celebrated our STRUGGLE, as we worked to overcome it, and accepted that it could make us more attractive, stronger, and more successful! Heck... we might be able to start charging $39.99 a month for a 6 month membership to "STRENGTHthruSTRUGGLE.com" ;-)
The thought that kept coming to my mind yesterday, as I thought about the concept, was that of DELIBERATE struggle.
How much STRUGGLE weighs on us... how HARD it is... is so very often defined by the level to which we feel like we CHOSE IT versus IT WAS IMPOSED on us!
The STRUGGLE of getting fired, dealing with the death of a loved one, dealing with depression... whatever it may be... If we didn't CHOOSE it... it's HEAVIER.
When we DELIBERATELY CHOOSE IT... When it is part of executing our MASTERPLAN... When it is PART of our PURPOSE... whether it is getting up early, flying red eyes, having a difficult conversation with someone, pushing through pain in some form...
WHEN IT IS DELIBERATE you more often feel yourself getting stronger through the process.
When its purposeful... so very often, it STOPS feeling like struggle.
And, sometimes we forget that we actually chose it.
Taking the time to understand our WHY... understand our PURPOSE... understand the meaning behind our existence makes ALL the difference.
"If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life."
I am not sure that is 100% true... but it speaks to how different it can feel.
HERE is the thing... if you don't DELIERATELY CHOOSE your struggle, the human being TENDS TO SIMPLY CREATE RANDOM STRUGGLE...
We ALL NEED struggle to exist... I am convinced of it.
"Every force requires an equal and opposite force."
How many people in underdeveloped countries would LOVE to end their "STRUGGLE" and have the life that YOU have?
And, yet, you STRUGGLE...
The United States is so well populated with so many depressed, over-medicated, over-weight, unhappy people who are overwhelmed with STRUGGLE... imposed STRUGGLE... random STRUGGLE... purposeless STRUGGLE...
BE DELIBERATE with your STRUGGLE...
CHOOSE the DUMBBELLS for TODAY's EXERCISE...
AND the EXERCISES that will make you STRONG
and help you become a little more the person you DREAM of becoming.
BUT... WAIT...
THERE'S MORE...
CHOOSE DELIBERATE STRUGGLE... and get your "STRUGGLE ABS for FREE"...
IF YOU CHOOSE YOUR DELIBERATE STRUGGLE TODAY...
We will ship it overnight for FREE! And, if you don't LOVE your STRUGGLE... we will take it back... GUARANTEED!
Ok... now I'm getting silly...
Tomorrow morning, when you wake up.. Smile as you realize that your STRUGGLE could possibly come with a money back guarantee... If you don't simply LOVE it...
You can EXCHANGE it for a brand new STRUGGLE the next day!
Be DELIBERATE with YOUR STRUGGLE...
And, I promise... you will find greater HARMONY...
For less than $39.99 a month ;-)
Nestor