Rise and shine – Athlete and running ultimate motivation

Rise and shine – Athlete and running ultimate motivation

rise and shine 6:00 a.m. and your hand
can’t make it to the alarm clock before
the voices in your head start telling
you that it’s too early too dark and too
cold to get out of bed aching muscles
lie still in rebellion pretending not to
hear your brain commanding them to move
a legion of voices are shouting their
unanimous permission for you to hit the
snooze button and go back to Dreamland
you didn’t ask their opinion the voice
you’ve chosen to listen to is one 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 each day but a series of
conflicts between the right way and the
easy way 10,000 streams fan out like a
river delta before you each one
promising the path of least resistance
thing is you’re headed upstream and when
you make that choice when you decide to
turn your back and what’s comfortable
and safe and what some would call common
sense well that’s day one from there it
only gets tougher so just make sure this
is something you want because the easy
way out will always be 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 you can’t see but oh you can
feel them on your heels can’t you feel
them breathing down your neck you know
what that is that’s you your fears your
doubts and insecurities all lined up
like a firing squad ready to shoot you
out of the sky but don’t lose heart well
they’re not easily defeated they’re far
from invincible
remember this is the grind the battle
royale between you and your mind your
body and the devil on your shoulder is
telling you that this is just a game
this is just 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
yourself down with a fire that beneath
you remember what we’re fighting for and
never forget that momentum is a cruel
mistress she can turn on a dime of
smallest mistake she has ever searching
for the weak place in your armor that
one tiny thing you forgot to prepare for
so as long as the devil is hiding the
details the question remains is that all
you got are you sure
when the answer is yes you’ve done all
you can to prepare yourself battle then
it’s time to go forth and boldly face
your enemy
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 elusive 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 and you can throw a little
harder that for you the laws of physics
are merely a suggestion luck is the last
dying wish of those want to believe that
when it can happen by accident sweat on
the other hand is for those who know
it’s a choice so decide now because
destiny waits for no man
and when your time comes and a thousand
different voices are trying to tell you
you’re not ready for it listen instead
to that lone voice of dissent the one
that says you are ready you are prepared
it’s all up to you now so rise and shine