This is the place to be.

It has been one of the worst weeks I had to endure this past 9 Months.  Life was coming at me uncontrollably fast an furious.  Go ahead and get sick for basically 1 month straight and try to deal with things.  Being in sales during these fanatical times is really hard too.  Because day to day it really feels like i am lying to myself.  Lying to others and puting on a front so that they like you was extemely hard to do this week.  In essence i try to make people like me day in and day out.

I had the decision in my head and had myself convinced to drop out of the Crossfit Games Open.  There are a lot of things that you cannot control but this was one thing that i had complete control in.  There was a lot of justification and rationalilzation in my decision to quit.  Hard times. 

FUCK IT.  No one but myself gave me this second chance today.  As crossfitters we are surrounded by support and shoulders to lean on.  But really it is up to you to decide to take control.
So this is what i did today. 
Everyone in that BOX today was my go.  All the words, taps on the back, handshakes, and looks i got is what made everything right again today. 
Doing the actual WOD could have been a rudementary in the turning point, but what mattered was a "good job", "nice Chris", "way to go", "pick up that bar".  This truly resonated within me.  And made me realize the good people behind you will always be there so i owe it to myself and them to become what i should be. 
Today i succeeded.
Thank you my friends. 

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action | Video on TED.com

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action | Video on TED.com

Humans Beings

Ten Rules for Being Human

by Cherie Carter-Scott

1.	You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.
2.	You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."
3.	There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."
4.	Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
5.	Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.
6.	"There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7.	Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8.	What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9.	Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10.	You will forget all this.