Fighting for What You Have
I recently spent time with an incredibly inspirational friend fighting motor neurone disease. In the hours we shared catching up, we spent part of our time in his garage while he worked out, fighting with all his might to counter the ravages of this cruel, debilitating disease. No complaining. No moaning. Just an unrelenting drive to fight — FIGHT — to stay stronger a little longer.
It was a bittersweet moment for me — filled with inspiration and deep admiration for a friend I love, but also a moment of personal confrontation.
Am I fighting to keep my own health with the same intensity?
It’s so easy to say, “Tomorrow I’ll eat well, I’ll exercise — I’m too tired today.”
We take for granted what we have and delay the important in the moment for another day… until those “other days” become compressed.
It was Darren Hardy who once mentored me to imagine compressing the time-and-space continuum — to see the cumulative, compound effect of our moment-by-moment choices immediately. Eat those fries, that bar of chocolate (my kryptonite), have another glass of alcohol — and bang — suddenly we see obesity, limited mobility, heart pills, bypass surgery, diabetes, or worse — a flat-line heart monitor.
You get the picture.
We are fighting for our lives. We are all in a fight for something — our health, our relationships, our future.
What are you fighting for — and are you fighting hard enough to keep it?
My friend’s example reminded me that I must work harder at making daily choices that fight for what I have right now — not waiting until the moment it’s taken away to do something about it.
I’ll leave you with a quote from John Maxwell:
“The only adequate preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.”
You and I are where we are today because of the choices and discipline we applied yesterday.
Where do you want your health, relationships, and career to be tomorrow?
What choices and disciplines do you need to apply today?
Today matters. Choices matter. Consistent action matters.
Legacy is built in the noise — but refined in the pause.
Gary Good
Founder — LeaderLegacy