December, 10th, 2005 Saturday

Haven't been able to hit the weight room really hard this week cos there are too many things to be done. But whenever I've got a chance to wrap those hands 'round the cold iron bar, I make sure it won't be an easy workout. Did arms this evening. Was sorta out of gas. But I still grind out those presses and curls from hell. I still push myself to the limit. In fact, I pushed myself to the limit in almost everything I do.

At times during my life, I noticed people making excuses for their shortcomings. Even me myself did it. Think about it, every day we find ten reasons why we missed the mark. Be it training, work, family, or things in other areas of our lives. Maybe it's natural to seek a scapegoat rather than take personal responsibility. After all, personal responsibility is so out of fashion this season. Fuck it. We can do better… I know we can do better.

Whatever should befall you, I think we should at least try to resist the urge to make excuses. Ok, I do make up alot of excuses before, just to think that it was an easy way out. I mean, an excuse is a lot like a complaint--it insults everyone around you and makes you look silly and fucked up. A complete idiot who slaps himself with a bottle shafted up his ass walking along orchard road on saturday nights would best describe that.

Tough times make tough men, and if you can be tougher than the ground you walk on, you are tough enough to beat a path into this earth for others to recognize and follow. I think that would be a real accomplishment in this world of shrunken expectations and lost dignity.