The Right Question

There comes a time, actually, many times, when a person wonders when it will all come to a halt. All the studying, training, and working. I believe it’s those times that define a person.

DON’T QUIT AT NIGHT.

There’s something about the night that makes a person question. Maybe it’s the quiet of the time, maybe the restlessness that follows. Perhaps it’s the thought that everyone else but me is having a nice night. All the pain of not getting a lesson, not understanding a book, the pain in the fingers, down to the joints, or knowing that in the morning, the knees will ache and the back will be sore. 

I tell the students on a daily basis to get ready for the long haul. What we are doing is not designed to be done in a year or when they're older. The studying that they are doing now will become work, and the training they’re doing will turn into more training. 

But this is living. This is the pursuit. For those like us, we live for the realization that the work was put in. It’s not in the medals or the accolades. To wake up and do the same thing; to put in the work. 

Maybe it’s those around us that make it bearable, even enjoyable. 

Remember: The hardship we go through was not intended for pleasure. It was proposed for growth.

IT’S TIME TO FIND OUT.

I came to the realization long ago that only when I have done something, risked something, can I question my decision. 

Questions such as “will this end?,’’ “When will I have my time?” “Is it worth it?,” a rise from a lack of identity. Those questions are not the questions that need to be asked. The proper question is this: “am I willing to show up until I get it?” “ how much guts do I have and am I willing to find out?”

Once you answer that question, your next steps will reveal themselves.