Uh-huh, …you’ve got your fists up, feet spread in a good stance, ready to duck, dive and protect your head; but you never saw that uppercut coming that just caught you. There on the ground, you’ve got two options: first to stay there because you won’t continue to get hit if you stay down, or, you can get up and put your hands back in position to protect the blind spot you didn’t know existed. And there it is right there, the entire game of life encapsulated in a single exchange; the ability to get hit, get back up and put your fists up because the fight continues. The trick to this fight is that it’s rigged. It’s not about who can swing hardest or who can duck the most punched because it’s a timed fight, and at the end of the time, there’s a championship belt already with our names on it. Nobody has to understand why we keep getting up and keep putting our hands back up and keep coming to the center of the ring because the battle is all about what confuses them: your faith. It’s about what we choose to believe in, stand up for, and fight for. It is the reason we can take all these blows and know these punches aren’t enough to knock you out of the game. It’s not how hard you can hit, it’s how hard you can get hit… that’s the disciple and the hustle that’s key to being champion.
