rise and shine. 6 am and your hand can't make it to the alarm clock before the voices in your head tell you it's too early, too cold, and too dark to get outta bed. aching muscles still lie in rebellion. pretending not to hear your brain commanding them to move. a legion of voices are shouting their unanimous permission to hit the snooze button and go back to dream land. but you didn't ask their opinion. the voice you choose to listen to is a voice of defiance. a voice that says there was a reason you set that alarm in the first place. so sit up, put your feet on the floor and don't look back because we've got work to do. Welcome to the grind. for what is a day but a series of conflicts between the right way and the easy way. 10000 streams pan out like a river delta before you each one promising a path of least resistance. Problem is, you're headed up stream. When you make that choice, when you decide to turn your back on what's comfortable, what's safe, and what's common sense. well that's day one. from there it only gets tougher so make sure this is something you want because the easy way will always be out there, ready to wash you away. all you have to do is pick up your feet.
But you aren't going to are you. with each step comes the decision to take another. you're on your way now but this is no time to dwell on how far you've come, you're in a fight against an opponent that you can't see but you can feel them on your heels can't you, you can feel them breathing down your neck. You know what that is? that's you. you're fears your doubts and your insecurities lined up like a firing squat ready to shoot you out of the sky. but don't lose heart, for they are not easily defeated but they are NOT invincible. remember this is the GRIND the battle royal between you and your mind your body and the devil on your shoulders telling you this is just a game a waste of time, your opponents are stronger than you. DROWN OUT THE VOICE OF UNCERTAINTY with the sound of your own heartbeat. burn away your self doubt with a fire lit beneath you. remember what we're fighting for and remember momentum is a cruel mistress. she can turn on a dime at the smallest mistake. she is ever searching for the weak place in your armour. That one tiny thing you forgot to prepare for. so as long as the devil is hiding the details there's one thing that remains, is that all you got? Are you sure? and when the answer is YES, and you've done all you can to prepare yourself for battle, then it's time to go forth and boldly face the enemy, the battle within. Only now you must take that fight into the open, into hostile territory, you're a lion in a field of lions all hunting the same illusive prey with a desperate starvation that says victory is the only thing that can keep you alive. so believe that voice that says you can run a little faster you can throw a little harder. and that for you the laws of physics are merely a suggestion. Luck is the last time wishing those that winning can happen by accident. Sweat on the other hand is for those who know it's by choice. So decide now because destiny waits for no man. So when your time comes and and a 1000 different voices are trying to tell you you're not ready for it. listen to that lone voice in descent saying you are ready, you are prepared, it's all up to you now. So rise and shine.
