Male

21

Started with high school football. Back then i lifted to be better in my sport, now i do it for myself.

Its amazing how much of an impact it can have on your life all around. Its a big time stress reliever for me. If something isn't going right, you'll see me at the gym. Seeing what time and effort can do in lifting makes me believe that anything can be accomplished in life.

"Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and constant self-awareness. The path to such success is punctuated by failure, consolidation and renewed effort, it is wet with the tears of emotional breakdown. Personal reconstruction is art. Discovering one's self, one's talent and ambition and learning how to express it is a creative process so may not be rushed. What's the hurry? Pressure to succeed according to a particular timeline comes from outside. If the goal is personal, selfish self-improvement there is no schedule, no deadline. One's rate of progress is influenced by the intensity used to address the task. Hard, intelligent work speeds us along the path. Neurotic obsession and compulsion may steepen the trajectory but usually lead to illness and injury. In the end, the process takes as long as it takes -- you can't push the river. We are in it for the long haul." -MARK TWIGHT

"Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure."-Knute Rockne "Pray not that god will simply hand you what you want but instead, that he will grant you with the strength and determination to earn what it is you seek"- personal