So for many of you whom are familiar with my nostalgic sayings know that I am quite fond of the catch phrase "Pain is weakness leaving the body.." Well, if I didn't believe in karma before this last week, I most CERTAINLY do now... About a week and a half ago, I was attending a diamondbacks game with some of my employees... About mid-way through the game I began to feel a sharp pain clawing its way through the ride side of my body... By the end of the game it had spread into the right side of my neck and the middle part of my shoulder...
Now, I don't know how many of you react to a pain like that, but for me, one of my first thoughts was "This can't be good.." My other thought?...I just figured it was weakness leaving my ever-growing body... And of course, I refused to see any kind of doctor or seek any kind of medical attention... Was that a good thing?! Eh, at first ya, but then the pain continued..
We all know that there are many kinds of addicts out there in the world today... You have your happy-hour addicts, your diet-pepsi addicts and your crackberry addicts... I having regrettingly become a tenz unit addict... My name is Jeffery Berkowitz and I have a problem...
Okay, well I am not completely an addict, but I am amazed at the pain relief given to my shoulder by this tenz unit... What is this tenz unit I speak of? It is a machine that, when connected to the pain filled area, sends an electrical blocking signal to the area's nerve endings... thus, blocking any pain that I might feel...
This newly found love for the tenz unit has caused me to question the very saying I live my life by, "Pain is weakness leaving the body." If I can't feel the pain because of the tenz unit does that mean the weakness hasn't left my body?
Eh, oh well... Good thing I don't wear the tenz unit when I work out... Don't worry Dusty, there is still a GREAT deal of weakness leaving my body... Don't believe me, just look at my before and after pictures...
Not only did I break down and use a tenz unit, I visited Amy Schmid... And let me tell you something, if there is a knot or pain in your body, she will find it and beat it into oblivion... Her Spartan-like approach to my afflicted area did the job for a couple days... I was able to exude a great deal of weakness during my next couple work outs...
Unfortunately, after those couple of workouts the pain returned and I was forced to get my musclar physique x-rayed... What did they find? The only conclusion they could conjure up is that I have a POSSIBLE bone spur on my C-6 vertabrae... News that most definitely added fuel to my fire...
In the past two years, I have ascended and climbed a ladder that many people have steered away from... From a path that leads to the greatest of destiny's... A destiny of a "Failure is No Option" mentality... I said the bone spur news added fuel to my fire and I meant that... It has given me insight into exactly what it means to not have the option of failing... Normally, such news could derail a persons love and dedication to competing in a body-building competition... As for me, it has turned me into a monster... A monster who is dedicated to my goal, to my vision, to the thing I love the most...
This news has shown me there is nothing greater in my life then my loyalty to the things and people I love... A human-being does not exist solely for the fact of completing mediocre everyday tasks. Instead, we exist to strive for goals that don't necessarily make sense to other people... To be so completely dedicated to something we see as greater than ourselves... I exist to strive for greatness with a mentality that I will never give up on the things I set before me... I exist to achieve a level of existential freedom that moves my soul to completion...
On the road to my show I will not fail...give up... or believe that my goals and aspirations are not acheivable... I am dedicated to doing what I love... And there is nothing, not even a little bone spur that can keep me from completion...
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