FireMike

There I was walking w my children thru the mall yesterday. I was wearing one of my FD shirts, when man passed and said how adorable my kids were. I thanked the man and his wife and mentioned not to let them fool him bc they were lil devils who wore me down. The man laughed and asked if I was a fireman, after I told him I was he commented on how he feels safe living in my community w a firefighter like me around to serve and protect. That made me feel great, I felt like im not just seeing what I wanna see when I look into the mirror, bc here a complete stranger is complimenting me. Later we were in Walden books picking out books for my son, he’s in first grade so we gotta work on that whole reading thing. With books in hand we were over at the magazines and I was of course flipping thru muscular development, when one of the workers came over to straighten up and said, "why arent you playing for the browns they need you." I laughed and made a comment about how my beloved Cleveland Browns were turning things around too which the man said, "well w you at linebacker i may believe it." Whats my point in all this? Well as athletes we all walk a fine line, the line between confindence and arrogance. We have to be confident in what we do or else we will fail, but at what point do you buy into your own hype too much and become arrogant? Well after these statements from people I had never met I was feeling great, and I went too the gym later and had….THE WORST WORKOUT i’ve had in months. I was well rested, well nurished, and ready to go so what was the problem? I crossed the line for a single moment and lost a workout bc of it. I hold myself to high standards as far as working out goes, so while my workout yesterday maybe of quality to some, it is of shit to me. In fact Im not even documenting the workout in my journal bc it doesnt even deserve to be noted. Im lucky enough to realize what my problem was yesterday and have corrected it and am prepared to go battle again today. Point being as you progress do not allow you mentality to change, do not allow your new physical being to change who you are bc if that happens, what was the point of all the work you did. STRENGTH & HONOR

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