Sunday morning, 730 AM. I hop out of bed, throw on some warm layers and greet the crisp air. Luckily, Centennial Way Trail is only a few minutes walk from my house, so soon enough I am strolling down this long strip of cement. Is is the most scenic trail? No it’s not. But all I need is an empty trail. And at 730 AM on a chilly Sunday, that’s what I get. As I walk from South San Francisco to San Bruno, the trail importunes me to walk further and further. My phone died right as I started walking (I need to buy a new one ASAP) so it was just me, the sound of my sneakers crunching on the pavement, the sound of distant cars, and the occasional birds. I gazed at the “South San Francisco: The Industrial City” etched into the hillside.
At one point I passed by a small body of water. I heard tons of frogs! rrrrr-r-r-r-ibbet!!! RIBBET! rrrrr-r-ibbet! I inched closer down the ravine but it was so steep so I just peered forward and tried to spy the froggies. I only spied a cat, sitting perfectly calm and still. I breathed in and listened to the echoes of the froggies for a minute longer, then made my way back home. I knew I should get some food in mah tummy. After about a 50 minute walk, I was back in the warmth of my house, and ready to eat my healthy breakfast. A bit later today I’m going to hit the iron a.k.a pick heavy shit up and put it down a.k.a get mah sweat on a.k.a get mah swoll on a.k.a. get one step closer to my dreams.
And now, some motivational quotes for today:
“If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying. “Here comes number seventy-one!” Richard M. Devos
“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.” Napoleon Hill
“You don’t become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.” Mark Victor Hansen
“Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round-remembering that the man who fights one more round is never whipped.” James Corbett
JAN