Sure, it’s in you! You can do it! You are greater than who you now are!
Over the years, I guide my life with a set of principles.This is one of them and as I watch the Olympics, I cannot help but see that principle in every instance. That is why I love watching the games and I bet that is why the majority of you do too.
Sure, patriotism, nationalism, girls in bikinis playing volleyball, girls with six-packs so tight you wonder if they eat, the swag of Bolt, the indomitability of the Phelps…sure all that but at it’s core, what draws us to the games is the chance to marvel at the fact that these athletes found “it”. They surely found it and it made them believe they could win, break that record, jump as high…that “it” that said, “You are greater than who you think you are so go for it!”
So we watch them and realizing they are just as human, somehow gloat in the feeling that just maybe, we can find that “it” too. We return each night to take a toke from that joint of “it” and revel in the high of knowing, it might be in us too after all, and it is. As sure as the fact that the sun will rise tomorrow, so is that “it” in us and if we look, we can find it.
Thus in spite of all her troubles, Brazil found it in herself to stage the Olympics Games for the world, Phelps did it again, Ledecky left everyone behind, Bolt accelerated and Biles soared.
So in spite of whatever, you can find it in you to quit smoking, get that degree, stop drinking, spend more time with the family, listen more, be empathic, appreciate, work out, kiss your wife more or just smile.
You can! It’s in there! Find it!