It’s just us right?
Let me be completely honest and transparent with you…the grind fuckin’ sucks.
Let’s get 2 work.
That’s right, the grind is fucking brutal. Why does it suck? It’s repetitive, it’s exhausting, it’s lonely, for a very long time… it’s fruitless, and sometimes it can be downright depressing.
I have an aunt that is visiting family down here in Texas and she is leaving at the end of this month. She asked me to come see her…3 weeks ago. If I don’t see her before she leaves and something happens to her, I’ll deeply regret it. So, why haven’t I taken my ass down there to see my beloved aunt you ask? The GRIND.
Last night my mother asked me to come sing happy birthday to her as she blew out her candles on her birthday cake. Do you know that when she asked me this, I almost bit her head off, I really feel bad about it. I only have one mother and I honestly didn’t mean to snap. So, what made me so agitated with her simple request? The GRIND.
When people are out at the bar on Fridays, I’m at a different kind of bar…the pullup bar…at the gym, and sometimes I’m the only one in there. I have been in the gym for almost four years now. When I look in the mirror, I don’t really see the results, nevertheless, I grind. When people are calling out from work to catch up on sleep, I’m calling out from work to catch up on…work. Each and everyday day I give it everything I got, often with no results and the hardest part of it all is having to wake up and do the exact same thing all over again.
Why am I telling you all of this?
Because regardless of how much the grind sucks… I love it… and I know if I love it you will learn to love it too.
When I was married, I slept as long as I wanted, I ate what I wanted, I had sex whenever I wanted, and regardless of all that I was… miserable. I can honestly tell you that I have never had as much peace, joy, and fulfilment as I do today, and I get that not from women, or from buying material shit, but from…the GRIND.
When you DECIDE to add value to yourself and to the world, and when you DECIDE to grind in order to manifest your value, you too will experience this peace, joy, and fulfilment that I speak of. The grind isn’t unicorns and rainbows. It takes a lot of discipline, sacrifice, and determination. You often won’t have time for yourself much less for friends and family. But, if honoring God, your ancestors, and your future self, means anything to you, then the grind is definitely worth it.
Such is life, that everything which is hard, is also valuable, and that which sucks now often pays the biggest rewards later.
So, with that being said gentlemen…
GRIND.
WALT FACTUAL
