Have you ever looked into the eyes of an elite athlete. Have you seen that look? Seen the determination, sacrifice, win mentality, and gaze that looks past the moon and the stars?
I can always tell by that look that someone is an elite athlete or someone who has tested their limits. First, they have to have the passion and willingness to give their all towards an effort. Then you see the hours and hours of training and sacrifice of turning down that family gathering or class party. Then you see the pain that they have had to endure to push themselves and test their bodies and spirit.
This is a special breed and far and few between the true greats, but the secret is, that we are all capable of more. We are all able to test our limits. We are able to do and be more. We all have it in us, just some of us need to dig and explore our passions more.
It should be on all our bucket lists to explore what we are capable of. Isn't that the meaning of life, to find out why we are here and to go to all limits to reach that place? You can find your passion, get up off the couch and go find it. Spend hour and hours on something that you are so focused on you forget to eat and what day it is. Sacrifice your time towards parties or meaningless things to surge towards this massive effort of being your best self. Feel the pain, that good pain of busting barriers, as the pain only makes your stronger and expands your limits.
What are you going to do?