Just keep getting up!

Rocky Balboa: But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!


It really is true. How many setbacks can we face without staying down and being defeated. Because we're all gonna go through shit now and then. I think the idea of pain without gain is pretty abysmal. What I mean by that is trying to find some kind of strength and resilience even when you want to quit. Or maybe even want to die. Depression SUCKS. I think back to a friend who went through a major depression and people responded to him by sending platitudes and inspirational photos. Yeah . . . That doesn't cut it. If you could put a band-aid on depression with crap like that, no one would have an issue with it. I went through a round of clinical depression (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/clinical-depression/AN01057) in the last few months of 2012 and it took me to some dark catacombs inside my own brain. Places I didn't know existed and don't ever care to go back to again. I had no idea how beneficial my weight training was for my mind and my spirit. Having something to put my mind to that is positive and not dependent on another person's presence or approval was a big thing. Not having that outlet put me in a very bad place. I had elevated certain things and people to such a pedestal in my life that it may as well have been idolatry. I think back to nights I cried and begged for things to be different but I was chasing a nightmare. Not a dream but a nightmare. It really is like that Adele song "Chasing Pavements"; you look around one day in the midst of your mess and say, "WTF am I doing?!?"

It's about how hard you can get hit and then get up. That morning when you wake up, get out of bed, and say, "I do want to be here and I do want to fight to get my life back" is amazing. It's like a resurrection. Fighters fight. I think without a cause or a goal, we get lost at sea. It's good to be battling back. It truly is.