Tear it down, Build it Bigger…

I associate this expression with “if it doesn’t Kill you, It will make you stronger”, Both are great expressions that would seem to be rooted in Biology – If you overuse a muscle, it will tear and regenerate itself into a stronger bigger muscle (I’m no Biologist, But my Mother is…) – The same way that you can go through some seemingly horrible event, and you’ll be a stronger person for having survived it.

I was thinking about this yesterday sitting on the Physio Table, with current running through my knee and awaiting ultrasound – I have been in these tiny rooms a lot, because I’ve torn myself down lots of times and counted on people like Gary Keeling to put me physically back together – kinda Humpty Dumpty like. I was thinking how easy it can be to tear ourselves down, and how much determination (and outside help) it can take to build ourselves bigger.

We have all gone through turmoil, faced and overcame challenges, raised ourselves above the mess and moved on to the next challenge. That’s simply called life, the problems arise when people get stuck, when they’ve used themselves all up getting through the challenge, and have nothing left for the rebuilding phase.That's where even the strong need someone to lean on, to help them through, to caryy them if it's needed. Mind you there is a lot of power in failure, let me re-word that, there is a lot of power that can be taken away from a failure. Failure forces us to question, which forces us to find an answer which gives us power over the future, as we now have knowledge about how we failed and conversely what we’ll need to do to succeed – there’s the power of failure for you.

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." - JFK

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - JFK

Right now, two very important people in my life sit in hospital beds, both are in the process of building it bigger, The body can only quit when the mind will let it, and I doubt either of these two men have even heard the word quit. All of our thoughts and Prayers are with them, because everybody no matter how strong can use a few prayers.

Get well soon Jimmy and Bill.