What inspires me always and forever
is the "looser", the one at the end who
despite the odds never gives up.
The ones who refuses to listen to the voices inside their own heads
that they can't, won't, or shouldn't..
Ignoring that voice that tells them
"why even try, I will probably fail again."
What inspires me is the one who struggles for
success everyday instead of quitting.
What inspires me is the person who does things quietly,
not wishing to draw attention but happily reaching day by day
towards a goal.
What inspires me is the person who works sooooooooo hard and gives their
all but barely passes, and many times fails...only to try again.
What inspires me are the people at the back of the room,
the ones at the back of the pack...the ones who don't
want to be noticed..because THOSE
people overcame their fear and doubt and did it anyway.
I LOVE the gentle giants, the grace-filled hopefuls, the ones who
do things for the reasons inside themselves no matter what anyone else says.
THOSE people crossed 100s of finish lines before the left the house.
So keep your t-shirts and awards at the end of the race... Let the sports
page have their champions, their winners, their ultra fit...
It's NOTHING... compared to the guts, sweat, tears, determination,
hope, grace, and heart and soul of a "looser".
That's what inspires me.
"To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." II Cor. 12:7-10
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