So, a few days ago, I saw a this Gatorade commercial on TV.
You say "insane", I say "I train"
You say "freakish", I say "frequent"
You say "ridiculous", I say "meticulous"
You say "incredible", I say "inevitable"
Something about this video just stuck with me. So much, in fact, that it inspired an entire post (which you are reading this very second).
I think a lot of times we see something amazing, like a person walking a tightrope across two buildings or someone who swallows swords without a single injury. We see football teams make amazing catches that require forty thousand replays. We wallow in the wonder of these incredible individuals. Such the same is for horses,
But, while these acts and amazing rides are quite incredible, they all have something in common: they were inevitable. Someone, somewhere worked and practiced until they couldn't get it wrong. Until the incredible was inevitable. Sometimes we get so jealous of others that are seemingly "perfect" that we fail to realize that this was not a fluke, or some stroke of amazing luck. This was carefully crafted in hot, scorching summers. It was crafted in long, dark winters when no one else was around. The shows, the performances--these are all just the public displays of this hard work.
We won't all be perfect. I know I won't be. I have a list of all the things I HAVE to improve on if I want to be as good as I can be. But I am not waiting around for good luck to hand me a ribbon--I'm gonna work for it.
