Preparing

Couple of goods days training lately, and a little PT. I find it quite rewarding to help people start to move correctly. Although I tend to use a story to explain the smallest of things, it is great to see someone getting what I am trying to say. It is a constant learning curve that continually keeps going up. Never will know everything, but that is half the fun of it.
I was reading this article the other day about "luck", or being "lucky." I have also been told that I am lucky that I can do this or that, or lucky that I have my job and other things in my life. The fact of the matter is, it has got nothing to do with "luck."
Winning the lottery, a house, vehicle and such is lucky. How your life pans out in front of you, and usually what happens from day to day is a direct result of your own actions and how you have prepared for things.
If there is something that I would like to accomplish, I figure out the steps required to make this goal a reality, and get cracking on it. Not letting up. The more I work, the faster these goals materialize. Quite simple.
People see the end result of some of these goals and do not think about the work and preparation that was put in prior. They just say, "your lucky." Like hell I am lucky. Do you see a horse shoe hanging out of my ass? I worked my butt off for that.
"You're lucky you have such a good job that allows you to do that." It is not luck at all. I decided that I wanted to be a fire fighter a long time ago and spent a number of years working towards that goal. "Your lucky you can run." Again, no luck there. I prepare for running by running and working at it. People work for things that they are good at, or the lives they live. Never take away from them the time and preparation that they have put in, to achieve their current state.
By passing it off as luck, your lying to yourself and making, whatever it is that you are talking about, almost unattainable. If your not "lucky" you could not do/have it. "LIKE HELL!" I say.
Recognize and respect the work that has been put in, and cowboy up if it is important to you. Like I always say, you can do anything you dream. Just get your mind wrapped around it. No luck needed. Just some time and preparation. Although many goals may take years to accomplish, as long as you keep a positive attitude and keep working at them, they will become reality.

Going through "Fran" with full gear on air. Gloves, boots, radio, flashlight, you name it. Crazy to some, PREPARING for the worst, to me.

"The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win. Everyone wants to win, but not everyone wants to prepare to win. Preparing to win is where the determination that you will win, is made. Once the game or test or project is underway, it is too late to prepare to win. The actual game, test or project is just the end of a long process of getting ready, in which the outcome was really determined. So if you want to win, you must want to prepare to win. Once you prepare to win, winning is almost anti climatic."
-- Edward W. Smith