... this is the Everlast slogan that is all over the gym that I attend. I see it all the time, yet some days it is harder to comprehend than others. Ever since I have gotten sick, I have felt my belief in that sentiment wax and wane. Before it was easy, I was going to school full time, working full time (including weekends), and going to the gym whenever I could; I rarely slept and was always on the move. Then, it happened, the eight year (and counting) cycle to figure out what is exactly wrong with me and how to fix it. Now, I have to deal with the continuing reminder that greatness comes from within but it is often hard to recognize that when you struggle internally and no one sees that you are "actually sick".
It is hard when you are busting your ass and seeing limited results while all the people around you are preparing for bikini season! It is hard when you are doing what others would view as extraordinarily hard, and when they work half as hard they see results. What is even harder it knowing that people think that because I am just above the average American woman's size that I must do nothing, I must sit at home and eat french fries and potato chips, and that I must not have the will to want to change. These are taxing on the mental and emotional capacities and make it hard to remind myself that greatness DOES come from within.
Remember, no matter what you are struggling with, some one is struggling more and that you have to compare yourself to you - in life you can't measure your success by "keeping up with the Jones's", you must measure it by always improving you. So say "screw it" it the masses that have a skewed vision of "perfection" and become the most perfect you you can be because none of us are going to make it out alive anyway and in the end what will matter is what you did to make your life and being meaningful to you.
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