Is love worth it?

[b fold the truth]

I was talking with a woman the other night that I have never met. I have only seen a pic of her and she has no idea what I look like. We have "mutual friends." I have talked to her on the phone just a few times about different things that we do and people that we know in school.

After my Nationals I spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital having tests run and such. About a week went by and she called again to say hello and to see how my contest went. I told her about me getting sick and of course I got the general response..."I am so sorry to hear that, are you going to be ok?".

Well, my doctors, cardiologist included, suggested that I not be lifting much less trying to compete anytime soon. I know the consequences...I know them.

I tried to explain to her that I love this sport and I am "injured" so to speak. I also can not quit. It is something that I love and I can not stop.

She asked me..."Clint, it it worth dying for? Is training in this sport and competing worth dying for?"

My response was a little shocking to myself and to her...
"Well it sounds strange but yet, it is worth dying for. I do not know if I could even breathe tomorrow if I could not lift anymore. I do not know if I could even live. I might just cease to breathe and exist if I was not allowed to train anymore... Yes, yes any love that I have is worth dying for."

I don't love very much in my life but the few things that I do actually LOVE deep in my heart...I would die for...completely.

Would you?

B True

 

[spatts]

No, I'd recover and come back twice as strong. Big picture, B. Dying for something's only worth it when it's your only option.

 

[jeremys]

i agree with spatts man, dont risk anything. see if you can fix whatever problem you have, and come back stronger

 

[JOKER47]

I would gladly die for my wife and son. But, if it meant quitting lifting to spend the rest of my life with them, I would quit lifting without blinking.


Like Spatts said, look at the big picture.



.02,
Joker

 

[b fold the truth]

I would gladly die for my wife and son. But, if it meant quitting lifting to spend the rest of my life with them, I would quit lifting without blinking.


Like Spatts said, look at the big picture.



.02,
Joker

See...the things that you LOVE the most you would die for...

I feel that way about the things that I LOVE too...

B True

 

[JOKER47]

See...the things that you LOVE the most you would die for...

I feel that way about the things that I LOVE too...

B True

Understood. But, the big picture:

Can you live not seeing NightFly again?

Can you deal with how she would feel if you did not wake up tomorrow morning?

With how your family would feel?

These are hard things to think about. But, when choices like you are facing come up, you have to think about EVERYTHING. The big picture......

I know I don't want to log into EF one day and see a sticky saying you passed away during the night......

Do what you must. You know we will all support you. Just make sure you have looked at all the options before you make your decision.

.02,
Joker

 

[spatts]

Why win the Darwin Award when you can win the WSM? Between quitting and training? Train. Between delayed gratification and death? Recover.

If you truly loved it, you'd protect your ability to compete in it as long as possible. Early death is kinda...chicken. It shows a lack of patience, respect, and trust. All elements of love.

 

[b fold the truth]

No...I don't think that I could go the rest of my life without seeing or hearing from Night Fly. It would be hard not to get on here either...

I have backed off of my training weights and intensity since Nationals. I am doing all that I CAN in the gym and find my limits very often. Maybe it is stupid...but on contest day I know that I will push myself once again...as far as my body can go.

I can't explain it...it is just how I feel. I am being as smart as I possibly can...

I love training like others do a child or a wife/husband. When everything else is gone...it seems to be the only thing that makes my life and day...okay.

B True

 

[gonelifting]

DAMN!!! Spatts said it perfectly in both posts. Would`nt change a word. besides your only 32 years old and you`ve got a LOOOONG time left to do all your goals.

 

[spatts]

Try 25...your point magnified 10 fold.