Love Like You Race

I don’t usually get caught up in viral video, but this one was different.  It was raw and resonated at the core.

He pours it on the line.  We are greedy and selfish people who don’t stand behind what we preach.  We are self-centered and worried more about what people think of us than doing the right things.

We are zombies, moving through life hoping the next corner will unveil something that excites us even more.  Something that jolts us into living again.  A quick fix that blows off the rust.

The reason I signed up for Ironman was because I wanted to crack open my shell and watch corrosion fall from my bones.  I wanted to drain the toxins and learn how it felt to “feel.”

I knew it wouldn’t be easy, and it still isn’t.

Everywhere you look there is trickery and temptation promising to make the hardest things simple.  Ploy after ploy convincing us that something worthwhile doesn’t take time and focus.

In our hearts, we all know it’s not true, but we have become a society that accepts the lie.  We have given in to the fact that “having character” is a rare and don’t expect it from people.

We are a “headline society” that is content without knowing the full story.  We overreact to five or six words and set our judgements in stone because admitting we were wrong is too hard.  We don’t believe it’s necessary because so much is wrong, and truth, real truth –at the core kind of truth– doesn’t seem to matter.

So, I continue my journey to live with right intention.  I try not to hide from my faults and am getting better at accepting them.

Nobody’s perfect.  Let’s make mistakes, learn, forgive, include, and transcend.  Oh, and love like you race.