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I should warn you that this won´t be the last picture in this entry
It´s something I never paid much attention to until now. And I certainly did not blog until recently.
When you´re down, there is either giving up or getting up. You know which one you want to choose, but often enough you choose the other anyway.
And man, I love Courage Wolf.
I noticed him relatively early, I think. I think that because people were not complaining that the meme is old in threads were he came up. But I digress.
Back then, I immediately found the "8 minutes of Courage Wolf" vid on youtube which has some of the better and imho more iconic sayings:
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With messages like
"No one is taller than the last man standing",
"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it",
"Fear is a reflex, confidence is a choice"
"Seize the day by the throat"
"Better to die of thirst than to drink from the cup of mediocrity" and
"Impossible is a word weak people use to justify giving up"
I feel reminded of something. Something I had when I was younger. Which I forgot over the course of a really pitiable life story.
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this one´s my personal favorite
this one´s my personal favorite
See, when I was younger I wasn´t afraid of repercussions. I remember that. It is strange to realize that I somehow changed between then and now. I can easily put the finger on how it happened and it were a lot of events. A whole lot. Oh the effort certain people put into breaking me.
Well spilt milk.
Hearing "Eye of the Tiger" for several hours while looking at Courage Wolf pics sounds silly, but those speak to me.
I love challenge. As a kid I would climb trees just to see if I can. I did Judo and I loved the thrill of competition. It´s not about doing physical activity, but about the sense of achievement, the feeling to beat someone else fair and square. The happiness when you outgrow someone else. It´s fantastic.
And those Courage Wolf and Eye of the Tiger? Those practically say nothing else. If you really want something, you have to work for it. You have to literally fight for your dream. Because opportunity doesn´t come to your doorstep. And it sure as hell doesn´t visit you at home!
Impossible is indeed a word people use to give up.
I did so. Many times I did, indeed. I didn´t know how to achieve my goals. And I never put in the effort to find out how. I just guessed opportunity would knock or something. That someone would approach me. That´s the stories they tell you on TV.
That´s the difference between me then and me now. I know how to achieve my current goal. It´s just not easy.
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Some of these are actually pretty insightful
Some of these are actually pretty insightful
Just like Greg "Idra" Fields says: "The only problem is most people can't work hard, even at things they do enjoy, much less things they don't have a real passion for."
The man is right, but too bad he doesn´t really speak to me for some reason. I don´t know why.
But I do know Courage Wolf speaks to me, big time.
It´s like I see myself as wild. I still have the urge to climb on trees, jump over walls and go the areas where people would call the police if they saw me. Luckily most people sleep at night. I´m not going to post details on that, but it involves fences, walls and roofs.
The point is, whenever I did those things, I had a feeling. The best feeling ever.
It is the feeling, that that is who I am. I´m not the guy who likes to go shopping or something. I don´t like parties or clubs or dancing, although I´m fond of alcohol.
No, I am wild. I follow rules because I choose to do so, not because I have to. I break rules.
I do pointless shit when I want to, like biking 25 miles for the heck of it, instead of going to sleep. Just to see if I can.
That´s something I thought of as my motto: "I can. And I will"
It´s about time I hold true to the second part again.
Right now that means working on a book I want to write. And actually work for it. Fleshing out characters, arranging timelines, inventing and dropping plot points.
Because it is not impossible.
It is just not that easy.
But it´s worth it.
It is just not that easy.
But it´s worth it.
