This is not going to be a Biblical lecture, but I do
think that we can take value from his statement.
The endurance lifestyle not only reflects your strengths
but also highlights your weakness. It is difficult for active individuals to
imagine a time when they will be unable to push beyond the pain or over the
next tribulation. Personally, I recognize that I am very impatient. In my
training I tend to lose my cool and push too hard too fast with one of two
results, epicness or failure. I want results yesterday and need new challenges
everyday else my mind begins to wander and my training waivers. Luckily I have
been fortunate to have stumbled across a community that understand the stress
of balancing life, work and play while attempting not to lose one’s mind.
Random Fact: between 1915 and 1924 Henry Ford, Thomas
Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs called themselves the Four
Vagabonds and would take long camping trips during the summer. Can you imagine the
insight you would gain by sitting around a campfire with some of the era’s most
elite men? Listening to the leaders of industry and cultural icons talk about
life, business and the meaning of it all would be a wealth of knowledge that no
book could ever teach you.
I mention the “Four Vagabonds” because in our modern era
such meetings are held behind closed doors and any conversations would be privileged
or simply unavailable to the public. But what can we do now? Find iron and get
working. There are brilliant people around us we do not engage because we are “too
busy”. All of us have communities in which we can make a difference and that
can make a difference in us. Can you imagine what you would do if you knew 10
years ago what you know now? Besides investing in google and apple stock, I
think most of us would make better use of our time and find those people who we
can help and who can help us sharpen our strengths and polish out our weakness.
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