Climb

It’s interesting to think about how our bodies work. We have these fancy things called muscles, one of the harder words to spell by the way, and these fancy things get bigger. The detailed process of muscle growth is beyond my own expertise, but I think I have a good idea. You push the muscle, whether it be by stretching it out or lifting heavy weights. If your body contains the proper nutrients the muscle grows. The more frequently you repeat this process the more your muscle will grow.

I think the body is a good example for our lives. Sometimes in life we set goals we wish to obtain. We do everything in our power to accomplish that goal only to discover our goal is unattainable. In that moment all we can think of is throwing in the towel. Maybe throw a little fit while we’re at it. We look at something we wish was ours, but have no way of making it so.

It’s easy to see what we don’t have. The more challenging part is to look at what we do have. Even more what we’ve gained as we’ve sought after our goals.

When I started college I had and empty goal. Finish. I didn’t really have something I wanted to achieve, not for real at least. It wasn’t real inside. After one semester life took over and school fell to the wayside. It wasn’t because things were too hard, it wasn’t because I was overwhelmed, it was because my goal didn’t exist, at least not in the realm of school. Part of it was just not knowing what goal I wanted to set for myself.

Years later I got a job I loved, but the only way to keep doing it was to go to school. This time I did commit. I was able to fill my head with knowledge I never thought I was possible of. Now I’m looking for a job I can use that knowledge in, but that wasn’t my greatest take away. My greatest take away was that I could achieve my goals. Knowing I could do something I set my mind to. That’s one of the reasons I’m sitting her at one in the morning. I can achieve my goals. Even better I learned that I could feel satisfied knowing I’d put all the work in.

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”