Inspiration

Steven, your blog about your experience in the cave as well as with life is unfortunate in that you spent that time in an unhappy situation. I hope you take my next statements in the way they are intended and not the way they may come out. Your trials were in a way fortunate for me. I have been trying all weekend to write a blog and can't find the motivation to write a single word. I have had doubts as to why I should push myself so hard. A part of me wanted to give it up also. Another part screams at me to train harder. I feel stuck in the middle of the two. I usually don't have this problem of motivation but it seemed that this weekend, I have. I didn't complete my workout yesterday either. I have not completed anything for today yet.

Now, the point I'm trying to make. Your trials were fortunate for me in that you were motivated to share them with the rest of us. I realized that I'm not the only one that's human. We all have those days. The fact that you also experience these feelings motivated me to write this blog. It motivates me to not only do my daily workout for today but also complete my workout from yesterday. I am sure that I'm not the only one who feels a great appreciation for the effort you make to train us. While we struggle with learning new moves, new forms, and new concepts, we rely on you, maybe more than you may realize, to be our anchor point. We look to you when we feel stuck. Your efforts inspire us to do more, to learn more, and for some of us, to find ourselves. Please remember when you wake up in a foul mood, when you feel stuck in your cave, that you are not alone in that cave. There are those that are following you into unknown territory. I hope that we can be a source of inspiration for you when that foul mood descends. Your efforts are not in vain.