I Finally Understand

October 28, 2004

This morning, I finally understand why people are fans. There was no cost to entry. I didn’t have to work hard. I didn’t have to suffer defeat. I just had to observe. And it felt sweet. I just had a shared experience with all my colleagues, hell, with everyone I’ve seen or heard since waking this morning. People are all smiling and nodding knowingly. It’s like WE won. It’s like we held off fate and curses.

For the last several weeks, I’ve been using that growing sensation as part of my training. I’ve been clinging to the palpable sense in the air that hard work, patience, determination, and a lot of luck can pay off. And it’s made me run faster. It’s made me train harder.

Athletes can help you model yourself towards success. If you slip past the flash and get into what it must’ve taken to get there, you get a better sense of it. You can latch to that and use it until it just comes naturally.

I’ve gone from being the biggest skeptic to seeing the picture behind the picture. All overnight. Wow.