How hard can you get hit.

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!" Rocky 
You know this is one of my favorite movie speeches of all time. There is a playlist of four songs that I listen to every morning. One of the songs on there is just some of the best motivational quotes ever set to super dramatical music in the background. When the Rocky quote starts I get goosebumps every time. You know everything that is said is true in my opinion. You think great people are not ever met with adversity? How would you learn how to make yourself better if you are never knocked down? These are questions we need to ask ourselves when we are in a place in out lives that we do not see as ideal. Never stay there though. That is the key to winning. If you want to do something then do it never let anyone hold you back. Who is to say what is unattainable? There are two kinds of people in this world those who say I can and those who say I can't and they are both usually right. It is your state of mind that controls your destiny. You think Michael Jordan become the best basketball player ever by listening to every person that did not believe in him? NO! That is motivation in its purist form. As humans we love proving people wrong. I have never met someone that does not get some sort of satisfaction in proving others wrong. You do not what those people to be right, you want to be the one who gets to sit there with a smirk on your face saying I told you so.  When you want something you have to go get it, that is on you. Like Rocky said, "saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody." You can not blame other people for your choices. To be honest my dad was not really around when I was growing up. When I was younger I use to blame my mistakes and screw ups on that fact. As I have gotten a little bit older I came to the realization that I had to stop. I was honestly holding myself back because I thought the thing I were doing were justified and they weren't. I was not taking any responsibility for my actions because I saw an easier way out. The great people in this world do not take the easy way. There is no value or lesson or reward in taking the easy way. If you fail you learn from that is how you make yourself better. Take your trials and you improve yourself one day at a time. If you think that it is going to be some over night thing well get real. You want to be the best you have to put in work every day for that no matter what it is you want to be. I have used big metaphors like athletes in this blog but honestly it can be anything. If you want to be the worlds best writer for example then that is what you have to do every day. The moment when you stop trying to improve, the moment when you start to compromise with yourself that is when you start the downhill spiral that is failure. Never say that is good enough always want to be better, always need to be better. Keep moving in whatever it is that you want in life.
Always Love and Happy Thoughts 
Jacob Clyde Batton