Rehabilitate, repair, and restore…

One of my dear friends is battling back to his “normal.”  He had a freak virus invade his immune system and turn his own protective system against him.  This nearly killed him and has left him with a really long and hard road to simply return to where he has been.  He is just now getting to the point where he can walk with the help of a walker.  This is a huge step from the wheelchair to the walker.  Doesn’t sound like the big jump he’s looking for, however.  He wants to ride his bike by me on the steepest of climbs.  He wants to blow off the front and leave us all gasping for air in his wake.  This would be his normal.  His normal is freakin’ amazing…

When he gets to “normal,” this indeed will be the norm.  He’s not there yet.  He’s got a thousand more baby steps and then a thousand more.  He’s got a long road to regain his high performance norm.  He just does.  Most who suffer as tough a loss as he has never make it back.  It’s just too hard and too long a climb for most of us.  So we settle.  We settle for a life of predictable, chronic pain in favor of one that embraces more acute pain with an unpredictable end.

Not my friend, Markelville.  He will be back.  Just not yet.

The same is true for you and your system.  Regardless of the state that you’re in and the adversity that is coming your way, you can battle back to regain your high performance and build “it” even better.  You’ve just got to remember that it takes time and doesn’t come in big gains.  It just doesn’t.

Building anything takes a thousand more baby steps and then a thousand more.  Building anything takes a commitment to rehabilitate, repair, and restore.  Most humans just want to “feel better.”  Few, however, are willing to rehabilitate when the acute pain “feels worse” than the chronic pain of doing nothing.  These humans settle and focus on pain management.  Sound familiar?

Today, think of my friend Markelville, and get busy pushing beyond your chronic pain into the acute stuff.  Make this your discipline and someday, just NOT someday soon, you will notice the progress and taste the improvement in your performance.

Building, remember, takes a commitment to rehabilitate, repair, and restore.

Done so.