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     We are 13 days out until the Ironman!  The time is just flying by!  I want to share with you a quote that a friend of mine shared with me today.  I sent it to all of the competitors today because I thought it was so appropriate for where they are now in their preparations.  It might be something you as a reader can hold on to if you are going through something.  The author is unknown to me. 
     "Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do.  But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength!"  
     Usually when we are trying to achieve something great in our lives, there are negative forces at work trying to stop us or slow us down.  It is important for us to stay focused on our goal.  We must seek out those people who are positive influences in our lives.  It is easy to find someone who will tear you down and make you feel worthless and tell you what you are doing is not worthwhile.  Sometimes we have no choice but to be around those people.  Where we do have the choice is not to embrace their comments or their negative thinking. 
     It's amazing to me how I can listen to wonderful things, be around wonderful people, have a wonderful experience and then have one one negative thing said to me and my brain wants to hold onto it.  It's great if it's constructive.  It's horrible if it's destructive.  It is then that I must decipher what the intention of the comment is. 
     So it is with getting ready for a show.  You know what you are trying to achieve.  It is nothing less than greatness.  To be able to train, diet, pose, primp and prepare to step out on stage for the world to see takes incredible discipline and a phenominal amount of hard work!  I think everyone who does a show should put it on their resume.  It shows your character.  It shows that you are not afraid of a challenge and that you can pull through and accomplish it!
     You must train hard to be able to run in the race.  Press on!  Stay focused!  See the course.  Keep a positive attitude.  That is true strength!

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