Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Sticks and stones.

Such a great piece of history, from a man who I think dealt with it so well. The whole speech is awesome... but the bit that I love is here:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

-Theodore Roosevelt.

There's a lot to do in the coming months, the coming year... A LOT. And lately, in conversations with so many and through reading around... I wonder sometimes why I am where I am and how I got here. Why am I doing CrossFit? How has this whole thing become pretty much my whole life? Are there other phases? There are lot of other ways to train, ways to be fit, things to do... When do they happen?

I'm not entirely sure I have a full answer. I know that today I was exhausted from 5 hours of sleep (I kind of have no choice right now) and very busy running back and forth between a bunch of appointments... but I could not have been happier while coaching. I love this place. I love these people. And I am so proud of all of them.

That's more than worth it for now.

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