Groomed For Greatness: Todays Pain Is Tomorrows Salvations...
Lisa...
"People you love will die. Nothing you treasure will last forever. And I need to accept and embrace that fact."
I can't tell you why your at where you are. No one can. Everyone's advice will annoy you. God will help but you most likely you won't notice because we never do, and even the most beautiful tattoo started with blood.
The human condition still maintains its utter arrogance and weakness by constantly trying to figure out its immediate situation. We must explain everything to its most deconstructed, only to dispel the parts we do not grasp out of existence forgetting all the while, some shit we are just not bright enough to get right now, and we may never be. An this may be a huge blessing. Did you ever think you didn't want to understand, or get it. Maybe true knowledge is just too much....cultivate ignorance.
When most of us hear "groomed" we think about mans best friend taking a trip to the dog parlor. Maybe we think of a Father grooming his son to run his business, or even a teacher grooming children for the world to come. But do we ever step back from the seeming bucket of shit building ever so higher in front of us and think, "what is this making me better for"? What am I becoming strengthened for tomorrow"? Is this storm, helping me prepare for the hurricane a friend will face tomorrow?
Very few of us can be objective about bad situations while we are in them. Becoming absorbed in the now and trying to explain our very temporary pain is usually number one on the list. But expelling what lead us there, or why who did what is nowhere near as important as the take away you are guaranteed to hold. The very painful scar you are receiving now, will be permanent. A permanent reminder of just how strong you are.
I can't tell you why your at where you are. No one can. Your groomed differently than me and your neighbors. As horrible as this sounds, good people die, saints are killed, children are beaten all because they had to be. And as horrible as that sounds, there was something to gain. Some of the best fixers, were horribly broken themselves. Sometimes your led down the darkest path, so you can show others the light.
Your scar from your past is someones umbrella in the biggest rainstorm they may ever face. She was beaten by her father because that's the only way she could be made aware of how very horrible certain men can be. Now she is so thankful for the man she married that is the exact opposite. Maybe there was a moment recently where the worst situation you could have possibly imagined actually happened. Its a guarantee that despicable moment was preceded by behaviors, signs, and warnings. Being groomed for greatness means painfully searching those memories, dealing with the aftermath, and finding salvation in the chaotic pattern that will make you more than you could have dreamed. Your scar of salvation, your tattoo of time.
Grooming is not step by step process from a boss to an employ. Grooming for greatness is happening to you right now, and it can be transparent, blissful, or the most painful thing you have ever experienced. And people always remember pain best. Pain is where we become great. All pain scars. All scars are forever.
Strength:
Power Clean
8X2@70% 1RM
-45 second recovery-
For Time:
-Double Unders
40/30/20
-Power Cleans 95/135
20/15/10
Post weight used, and time to comments.
Can someone please tell me how well Sam, Bonnie and Jen did on the WOD #2? I was thinking of you guys and wish I could have been there to cheer you on.
See the gang Friday evening!
Go Reds!
Posted by: Renee | March 30, 2011 at 07:24 PM
"God will help but you most likely you won't notice because we never do..." "The human condition still maintains its utter arrogance and weakness by constantly trying to figure out its immediate situation. We must explain everything to its most deconstructed (part), only to dispel the parts we do not grasp out of existence, forgetting all the while some shit we are just not bright enough to get right now, and we may never be. An(d) this may be a huge blessing. Did you ever think you didn't want to understand, or get it? Maybe true knowledge is just too much..."
Grooming - one of your best existential moments yet...but then that would be relative now wouldn't it. thank you.
Posted by: seeking zen | March 30, 2011 at 08:30 PM
Renee I posted my time on yesterdays daily post. Go back a day and check it out. The pushups were sick....
Posted by: Sammy | March 31, 2011 at 08:49 AM
Renee, Bonnie and I are doing the wod tomorrow morning at 10am, it will be on the board after we are done... :)
Nice post Josh, I like this quote, "People always remember pain best. Pain is where we become great. All pain scars. All scars are forever."
6am was pretty slim this am, Angela we miss you, stop swimming with the dolphins and come home already!
WOD: 7:48 m
Posted by: Jen D | March 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Love that quote as well Jen. I Think I will be doing WOD 2 at 10am as well Friday. Should be fun. Good Luck to everyone Friday night!
Posted by: Ty | March 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM
I will be there tomorrow a.m. as well to WOD whenever someone is available to judge, see you then!
Posted by: jen w | March 31, 2011 at 04:16 PM
4:45(m)
First off, it was great being back with the 4:30 class - and great meeting those of you who I'd not yet met!
Second, really enjoyed this post... So true - I need to remind myself of these things more often, and I too agree with Jen and Ty on that quote.
And lastly, who's ready for the Jen & Bonnie show tomorrow? From what I've heard we may have a bit of a crew coming out for it. :-) That's how we roll... If we can't make it to the party, we make our own party. See y'all then!
Posted by: Bonnie Mac | March 31, 2011 at 07:04 PM
"Some of the best fixers, were horribly broken themselves. Sometimes your led down the darkest path, so you can show others the light"
it is a shame when people hold on to the darkness and not share their story because they think it was something they did to deserve it as opposed to what it really was.... some asshole being themselves. So share your pain in hopes that someone else will not have to experience it first hand and the act of doing this will also help you become a better person!
5:24(m) @95 lbs and double the # of singles
Posted by: JN | March 31, 2011 at 09:51 PM
Well, spoken, John. I missed all the 6:30 er's. I will see you all tomorrow night. Ready as ever!!
Posted by: chas | March 31, 2011 at 10:41 PM
hmm...interesting the different perspective readers take away from these posts. i read the exact same quote, JN, but instead walked away pondering more on the "fixers" who are "broken" as a result of their very own doing.
Posted by: k | March 31, 2011 at 11:55 PM