“Anyone can wrestle until they are tired.”—Cael Sanderson
If wrestling in high school taught me anything, it taught me that my greatest strength (perhaps my only strength in wrestling) came from my capacity to out-endure my opposition. This lesson has continued to affect me years after my final season ended.
The (extra)ordinary in life are not always the most successful. Most often they are the most persistent—the tenacious. Just as “anyone can wrestle until they get tired”, anyone can succeed at that which is easy. Jordan Burroughs claims that “discipline, focus, endurance is what it takes to be the greatest at this sport” (i.e., wrestling). This is true for life. We face different challenges—opportunities—in life. Some are more overwhelming than others. Persistence, endurance, and tenacity lead to triumph. We will all grow weary, but the strong reach deep within to wrestle beyond the tired. The more we overcome the perception of fatigue, the less tired we will be—the more successful we will become.
“There’s no glory in climbing a mountain if all you want to do is to get to the top. It’s experiencing the climb itself – in all its moments of revelation, heartbreak, and fatigue – that has to be the goal.”–Karyn Kusama
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!