Show Up, Even When You Don’t Feel Like It

Show Up, Even When You Don’t Feel Like It

This morning when I woke up, I had the potential to achieve my goal. I also had the temptation to stay in bed and skip my training. It became a moment of truth. Do I stay the same, or do I transform and become better than yesterday.

If I want to grow, I have to sharpen my tools. I have to leave the past behind. I have to look straight at my commitments, because it is my commitments that ground me and root me. They are the anchor that puts me in the right place at the right time.

Every one of us experiences repeated failures and challenges. Every one of us faces a lack of resources at times. I do not have the best equipment or ideal conditions, but part of the formula for greatness is creativity, resourcefulness, and persistence. Those qualities become the spark that pushes us forward when life gives us very little to work with.

The truth is that many times we create excuses instead of environments for success. We tell ourselves why we cannot wake up early, why we cannot chase opportunities, why we cannot use the resources we do have. When we focus on our desire to make life easier, we forget that the people watching us depend on our leadership. If I am not leading myself, how can I lead Bella. How can I lead anyone I care about.

Every person has someone depending on them. A child. A student. A teammate. A co worker. A younger version of ourselves. And our responsibility is not to make everything perfect. Our responsibility is to model what it looks like to show up. Even if the effort is small. Even if it is messy. Even if it feels like failure. A little effort is better than no effort. Mediocrity is reachable only when we show up. Greatness is possible only when we keep showing up.

Every day we are given opportunities wrapped in struggle. Some of us have fewer resources than others. That does not diminish our potential. It increases our creativity. It strengthens our resilience. It forces us to find a way. That is where greatness begins.

We cannot compare our opportunities to someone else’s. We simply use what we have. Read a book. Move your body. Learn something new. Do whatever improves you by one percent today. That small decision rewires our internal identity. It creates stubborn persistence. It builds the courage to attempt, experiment, reach, and struggle.

When we fight and struggle, we grow. When we show up, we build character. When we try again, we move closer to our true potential.

So today, show up. Do the best you can with what you have. Your greatness is waiting on the other side of your willingness to fight through discomfort and choose commitment over feelings.