Words to Live By

Lately, my feelings towards running can summed up by the Tweet below. For me, frustration with my running has led to lack of motivation, which leads to more frustration - and the vicious cycle continues. In an effort to dig myself out of my pity party hole, I've been doing a lot of inspirational reading, hoping to get struck by the motivational genie. And, finally I came across some words that struck a cord.

"I want to challenge anyone who's had an injury to remain hungry. I know your pain. I've been there. Stay focused. Surround yourself with positive people. Work as hard as possible and picture where you want to be, not where you are. Who cares how good you were before the injury. Work to be better. Don't get discouraged. Control the things you can control. Pick up your bible and keep the faith. Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it. Once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy. Stay strong. I did it. I never looked back. You can too." -Jordan Burroughs, Olympic Wrestler

A-freaking-Men. Belief starts from within.