The Shittiest Day

Before this year, life wasn't too difficult.  I didn't push myself much.  I was afraid to fail. I didn't try.

This year I began pushing myself.  Believing in myself.  And I have realized that I have much more potential than I ever thought possible.

Before you assume that everything has been successful, take a look at my face.

Fractured orbital and broken nose.  But I don't back down from a fucking fight.

Long story short, I fail, but I don't quit.  And I have learned from my mistakes more-so now than at any other point in my life.

If you want to do something, do it.  Failure is  possibility, but you will never know if you don't try.  The greater the risk, the greater the reward.  Don't forget that.

The night of the fight, I was talking to some guys who served in Iraq.  Great guys, I have nothing but respect for them.  I asked them about the shit they saw and one thing they said stuck with me.  Sometimes the best medicine for wounds over there was a bullet to the head.
When you think you're life is rough, don't forget you have a better existence than 90% of the world simply by being in America.  Make the most of it.

But for the tougher times, watch this video.  If you do, you will understand the "do not resuscitate pact" that some soldiers sign.
WARNING: ITS GRAPHIC

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fc1_1318259413

To our soldiers in Iraq, you are better people than any of us.


"The hotter the fire, the harder the steel."