Before this rant I want to say I am deeply humbled by the love and support you all have
shown during this most recent endeavor of mine. With a full heart I can honestly say you
all have made the struggles and tribulations in this life that much more worth it. I am
thankful and grateful that I have each and every one of you in my life. I count you as my
brothers and mentors and friends. I am and will always be here for each and every one of
you. If you ever are in need I will answer the call. I promise you all that. You all have
impacted my journey and have helped me grow. From the depths of my heart — Thank you.
The final diagnosis of my injury is I shattered one of the bones in my foot in three pieces
and will have a 6-month to 1-year recovery as long as the pieces remain in the position
they are in now. So I will rise again and come back stronger than before — you can bet on that.
I'm asked was it worth it and the answer is this: Anything worth starting is worth finishing
regardless of how much you must sacrifice and you have to believe everything you set out to
do is worth it. Worth the struggle, worth the pain, the setbacks, the breaks, the blood,
the tears — because if you don't believe with every fiber of your body that it was worth the
journey then you will begin to grow a distaste for life.
The question I always ask myself is "how do you measure a man?" Over time I have honed it
into this — you measure him by: how hard he loves, how selfless he lives, how strong his word
is, how much loyalty he shows his friends, the fortitude of his courage, and last and most
importantly how immense his passion and desire is to achieve his Telos.
We are on this earth to fulfill our potential and find our true limits. That is only
accomplished through setting goals and then seeing them through. Once done the next goal
should be a little harder and require a little more effort than before. Once you get this
rhythm down you push — you push and push until the goals set before you are mountains and
oceans and seem impossible. Once there you do everything in your power to make it to the end
state, sacrificing everything you must. For in these acts you will find your true raw limitations.
The further we pursue our limitations and fulfill our potential, the more we can help those
around us do the same. So on your path in life don't forget to bestow what you have learned
and endured upon others so that they can come to know their true potential. You all have what
it takes to be a better version of your yesterday self. I do what I do not to be the best
there ever was. I do what I do to be the best version of me. As long as you strive daily
to outdo your former self you should be able to walk tall with pride and call yourself
successful and a winner.
"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a
brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor,
every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of
man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
— Jack London
"The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men — between
the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant — is energy, invincible
determination — a purpose once fixed, and then — death or victory. That quality will do
anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities,
will make a two-legged creature a man without it."
— Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
ESSAYONS — LET US TRY
