They say, if you want to make it through heaven, you gotta walk through hell. While I agree with this, I also feel those who are in ‘this’ for the long-run have made hell their permanent home, a residence. They soak up all the pain and suffering, because once these things become known to you, they come as no surprise- they are just another daily occurrence. You aren’t the first, and you sure as hell wont be the last. People have been there, done that, walk a mile in their shoes? Can you even lace them up? Be your own motivation and carve your own path.

"What have you sacrificed, had to give up, lost along the way? How much fight is in you? Would you die for what you love? So many people would sit idly by and watch something they love get taken from them. Fight for a little maybe but in the end they fall back, listlessly watching as the fight fades from their eyes. As long as there is blood coursing through your veins, there should be passion in your heart and rage behind your eyes."

Stop talkin' about it. Stop bitching and complaining. Excuses won’t solve a damn thing. You want some? Go get some and get it done – YOU are the only person capable of stopping yourself. Plans are great, but it’s the follow though that counts. When your judgement day comes, don’t be left standing empty handed thinking about what you wish you would have been done. You have 1 shot, 1 opportunity – to capture. Realize your potential NOW, not in 10 years. You think your competition is gonna show you mercy? Sympathy?! There they are, day in and day out, wating. To fuck your day up, to beat you down until you beg for it to stop, on your knees with a gun in your mouth, helpless. You want some? Go get some and get it done.

So this brings me to my conclusion, what kind of person are you? The type to sit back and watch opportunities pass you by and make excuses, or grab them by the fucking balls and OWN them? No one is going to wait around for you. Its time to ask yourself, how much sleep are you willing to give up? Stay up late to outwork people, pull all-nighters to get work done, or run on no sleep because you’re busting your ass, working 2 jobs to support a family. Its easy to be poor, its easy to be small. The largest percent of the world falls into these categories. It takes sacrifice and an inner hunger for more that cannot be taught to progress, climb the ladder, EVOLVE. So this is me, telling you to work your ass off. All great sacrifices pay off one day. Be relentless, no regrets, only valiant effort.

-M