Tyne Brooks just recovered from a back injury and came back and is now facing a fracture on her foot. But what I admire most is her will to keep going. She shows up and does what she can even on crutches. Does she always “feel” like it? Honestly – no. But this journey takes discipline and she continues to show that she has it. Very proud of Tyne and her fight. 102.8 lbs down and 97.75 inches gone.
Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength, within our trials lives our triumphs. Friction creates a platform for change, generates heat and or fervor and creates a motivational charge that gives us an opportunity to be better. A gem cannot be polished without friction and so neither a person without hardships. Friction within and friction without sharpens our senses and revives our internal resolutions. Friction is uncomfortable, hardships are distressing but both are necessary. We cannot light a match without friction nor can we hone steal. Uncomfortable as it may be, our adversity ultimately lights a fire and sharpens our very will to flourish. Today, let us not be discouraged, let us not be bitter in our suffering rather let us be encouraged as we look to our trials as a medium that will eventually make us better.
