Breathe, Pause, Recover

The trouble with karma is that it takes so long to arrive sometimes.

We want everything NOW.

Justice? Now.

Results? Now.

Oh, and forgiveness now and maybe some total memory loss too, when we're on the wrong side of the finger-pointing.

Just like we want our pull-ups NOW and then our butterfly pull-ups and on and on and on.

Anyhow, the point here is that the answer is to have patience in the gym and in life, but that's sooooo damn boring.

Telling people to have patience is like telling them to like vegetables. Some already will but some just don't like veggies and they think they're needed but boring and unfun ... like patience.

So, the trick is not to think of it as patience.

It's just breathing. Pausing. Recovering. Taking a moment to gather your strength.

It's not waiting, it's not lingering, it's not stupid downtime that you hate so much like the fact that you have to sleep every night and miss fantastic things happening in the world. You were born to act and make shit happen, not sit on your ass like some fool letting life pass you by!

Oh wait, that was just me again. Never mind.

But, seriously, you have to learn to breathe or you're going to pass out.

You have to learn to pause, to have patience, to rest, or you're going to burn out.

Don't be in such a rush all the time. Be smart. Stop. Learn. Listen. Maybe even do nothing – absolutely nothing – once in a while. It's not going to kill you or derail your plans for world domination. It's actually going to help.

Keep working hard, but sometimes learn to just breathe. Everything will come in due time.

Or it won't. And life will go on.