While you’ll often hear people wisely proclaim, “Everything happens for a reason,” the fact is that every reason is created from an occurrence. We shape these reasons as a coping mechanism for a random world that we cannot control. So we abdicate #responsibility...Every #action causes a reaction that opens a new doorway of limitless possibilities. A positive thing that someone feels blessed to have happened may prove a hindrance or lead to dire consequences for someone else...A person survives a crash that kills 99 other people and everyone says they are blessed. Were the ninety nine other souls on the plane cursed? I would imagine this must put immense pressure on the anointed one to do great things. On to a lighter example (Sorry, that was a bit dark.)...When I was 19 and training for the #npcatlanticstates , I booked a 2 day Coke commercial that would prevent me from competing. I was heart broken but couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Day 1 of the shoot was a super elaborate set up on the Manhattan bridge with a guy climbing to the top and a helicopter overhead (I saw the commercial air once. It must have cost a fortune.) The day was super long and screwed up my diet and I still had the nationals a couple of weeks away. When we wrapped, I couldn’t find anywhere to eat something clean. Just as I began to get dizzy from hunger...MCDONALD’S!!! I went in and pigged out. I let go. I gave in to what my body was telling me I needed. When I got home and looked in the mirror, I was shocked. I looked insanely shredded and full from all the carbs and sodium. I called my trainer and told him how pissed I was that I wouldn’t be able to show off three months of hard #contesttraining . When I hung up the phone, someone called from the commercial and apologized that they wouldn’t need me anymore. I worked one day and won the contest the next. My good fortune didn’t work out well for the kid in second or the competitors I beat for the overall title...And I didn’t miss out on any residuals. 😜. #internaljiujitsu #adapt #seethebrightside #opportunity #motivation #enjoytheride #fitness #omnimartialartsny #mma #bodybuilding #jiujitsu #judo #bjj #blackbelt #omninyc (at New York, New York)
