Trading Punches

What we often forget is that life is a journey. Every moment is connected. Along this path, here in the now, w can look back at what we went through to pull lessons from the good and the bad, to teach us how to maneuver today. The blood, sweat tears, vomit, aches, pain, hurt, struggle...the weights; all was practice for this fight we are in right now. Our body, our mind, our heart and our emotions ran all these miles, all those sparing sessions and lifted all those weights for us to be able to take blows and keep moving forward. You trained as hard as you did so that you can withstand the jabs, hooks and uppercuts in this fight of life. You took punches then, to be able to take them now, and its a beautiful thing when you realize that after you take that hit, that you know you will still win this round. So what if you get pushed to the ropes. So what if your back is in the corner or you've been knocked down, remember in your training how you didn't think you'd survive that... and you did. How is this any different or any worse? Stand up, put your hands up and listen to your corner! God's never lost a fight; He is known for training CHAMPIONS!!