Topic: A eureka moment I would like to share...

[ViKtoricus]

This all started yesterday when my laptop (the one I am using at this very moment) started breaking down due to some malware or virus of some crap.

Fortunately for me, I managed to find a way to work with it even with its lingering problems (that will probably get worse the more I neglect it.).



I have been a major "troll" in many strength-training related forums, most recently, bodybuilding.com. A huge part of it was due to the fact that I was confused and frustrated with people. I was suffering with paralysis-by-analysis and I was completely obsessed with knowing the truth about lifting weights and other things related to it.

After getting my third temporary ban from bodybuilding.com, I slowly started learning things that I would not have learned if I remained active in such a website.



And here is my realization, in it's rawest, most elegant form. Everything you have ever learned is worthless crap unless you actually have the heart and soul to reach your goals.

After an endless pursuit of knowledge, I was blinded from seeing the simple foundation that makes average-joes become champions and champions become legends.

It is all about the heart and the desire.



Think about nature for a moment. Nature have four elements: wind, fire, water, and earth. The way these four elements function on earth is the same way we function from within. Wind symbolizes our thoughts, fire symbolizes our desire, water symbolizes our emotions, and earth symbolizes our stability.

Fire is passion. Without it, there will be no significant human achievement in history. It is, according to some article I've read, "the pulse of our being."

Literally every real, successful person in the world, from CEOs to weightlifters, have all attributed their success with abstract terms like "hard work," "dedication," and "desire." These champions rarely do the same things (think of Yuri Zakharevitch and Antonio Krastev), and yet they all achieved one thing in common. Success.

Your "fire" is the one that will take you to where you want to be more than any other drug or training program ever invented.

[Jim Storch]

There certainly is some truth therein....