My dearest
readers,
now that I finished six wonderful college years—which were, throughout, riddled with some of my highest ups and my
lowest downs in life—I want to share what carried me
across a God-given path of opportunity. It had never been effort and keen wit
alone, nor was it passion or excitement, no. It had foremost to do with the
invincible will to endure, the one and only thing that made me go on, for
better or for worse, through floods and hurricanes that can tear down a life in
a heartbeat…but none of that matters as long as you always do your best.
Life is a challenge, and at any given moment
you’re put to the test. It’s not for us to choose, but it’s for us, in a
Baldwinian fashion, to accept this challenge. No path is easy; nothing and no
one in this life can take that burden
away from you. Crossroads after crossroads will put you on the spot, over and
over again. And in all that struggle there is no one who can and will walk that
way for you. That you must do (by) yourself…and in doing so you might as well
insist upon it.
As much as that route can be a burden, equally
as much it can be a sublime opportunity. The least of us are intrepid enough to
stay en route throughout. There are just too many distractions, too many
concerns that prevent us from constantly walking and moving forward. But in
these little resistors lies the fuel you need in order to get to the top. Only
a huge knockdown and unconditional, unshakable faith hold the torque, the power
that can not only put you on the spot but power big enough to make you do
marvelous, immaculate work.
Shayne Ward once said: “[I]t’s when people
least expect you to do something that you often do your best.” Perhaps it is
even when you least expect it, but it
is not a mystery that these knockdowns can unlock potential you were not even
going to learn about unless this life puts you on the spot. Therefore, whenever
the sledgehammer of life sucker-punches you straight in the eye, don’t drop and
fall to your face. How about you get your Taylor Swift on and shake it off, rise
like the sun, and gas up your ambitions for more blindside hits to come?
You can drown in self-pity and distress, or you
can take it like a champion and return, stronger, resolute, and reckless. And
may we all be bound to the perimeters of life, we always have a choice, at
every crossroad we face, to either do or don’t. What is your choice when there
is no one on your side? What is your choice when circumstances push your back
against the wall? What is your choice when another subject walks into your life
and tells you you’re not good enough, you can’t do it, and it’s not worth it?
It’s not rocket science, it is life, a life you
ought to live the way you want it,
and if you picked up on that you might as well live it in a way where you can do your best at any given
moment. You’re getting weary and old? Did you know you’re still at the top of
your game? When the wrecking ball swings by again, send him or her my
regards…and swing back, because no matter how deep life’s boot is in your guts,
there is always a road reserved for you to walk on. Some call that the extra
mile, a hidden trail that favors the bold. Why don’t you walk it? There is no
one on it, no one but you on this stairway to heaven… #MomentumToGo
