From the beginning of time people find things or people that inspire them… People such as Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr and Mother Theresa have been known to inspire people all over the world… Thus, you can understand my confusion when I hear people telling me that what I am doing is an inspiration to them… In other words, I am their inspiration? Really?! Me?!

An inspiration is somebody like Pat Tillman… Here’s a man who gave up his life for something he believed in… What’s a greater gift than laying down your life for somebody else? Answer, NOTHING… Pat is an inspiration… He is something people should model their lives after… He is somebody that lived outside his 3 dimensional world-view and strived for something greater than himself…

Let’s get one thing straight… I do not, nor will I ever, view myself as an inspiration… All I am doing is following a desire that I have in my heart… The things that Martin Luther King Jr did are an inspiration… A woman that I have never meet except for reading her story on facebook that was told a year ago she will never walk again on her own refuses to never give up on her pursuit to prove all doctors wrong is an inspiration… But a man who is disciplined and resolute to achieving his goals shouldn’t be an inspiration… Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely flattered by all the compliments I have been given, but I am just a mere man trying to achieve a goal… Nothing different or grandiose when compared to 98 percent of the world…

Whew, now that I have that off my chest I can move on with the more exciting stuff… I am happy to report that the pain in my shoulder has receded to a manageable level and I am back to totally kicking ass at the gym… No more of this sissy crap… Dusty and I have radically changed my diet to such a ridiculous consumption of fish that I have contemplated starting my own fish farm to make mass feeding more efficient for me… HA HA!

But in all seriousness, this new diet is OUT OF CONTROL! So much so, that I have lost seven pounds in the first two days… It has allowed me to increase my overall weight lifting to such a ridiculous level that I am most definitely quite impressed… (Insert Ron Burgundy line here)…

This is exciting… I love the person I am becoming… The mottos that I have lived my life by are becoming the foundations of my everyday activities… In life there failure is not an option… There are too many things in life trying to destroy you and bring you down that if you settle for anything less than success you will fail… Thus, failure is NOT AN OPTION!

In the beginning of this blog I mentioned that I do not view myself as an inspiration and I am sure that this man doesn’t view himself as one either, but I have to say that being this close to show time Dusty’s guidance and direction have been paramount for me… He has opened my eyes to the window of my soul and shown me that you don’t have to be 5’3” to 5’4 ½” to succeed in this arena… I have not even stepped foot on stage yet and I already feel like the victor…

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. Patanjali