![]() ![]() Remove yourself too far, cut yourself off, bottle yourself up, and you’re no longer competing. Step back too far, and you aren’t even in the fight any longer. It’s a warning and it’s applicable to every aspect of our lives. There is a balance to be kept, and our beloved Frankie, Clint Eastwood’s character, brings it home with “ But step back too far and you ain’t fighting at all.” “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one” – Bruce Lee 2. Taking that one step back to regain our footing, regain our focus and deliver that knock-out punch, that winning number, the move that brings the crowd to their feet in awe and appreciation of you and your efforts. It comes from decelerating the panic, zooming out. So often the clarity we so desire, that we are so thirsty for, comes from detaching ourselves. Be kind to yourself.Īs humans we have this indescribable beauty within us that comes from being so imperfect, and having the ability to acknowledge that. Assess what it helps you create, assess the damage it does if you let it be free, harness it and channel it. ![]() Understand the way you tick, the way you work, when you feel that wave of emotion, own it, label it, indulge and experiment with it. So often I cloud myself with emotion, blame it on any which aspect you like, I’m a Gemini, I’m an only child, I’m a woman, call it how you like it, none of the above offends me, and it shouldn’t offend you either. “Sometimes the best way to deliver a punch is to step back…” for me, this speaks to the art of detaching, for me specifically, this speaks to emotion. ( Yes, I’ve fought my fair share of Frazier’s, so have you, don’t discredit yourself.)ġ. But that line, it has a strange way of lightly tapping me on the shoulder in the middle of my greatest battles, my cyclical thriller in Manila. Sometimes it’s your turn to struggle and claw your way through an era, and sometimes it’s your turn to bask in the glory of the moment. Now, there is no one that believes more in the trends of life. I like to call it the slump, the trough, the stagnation. How often is it that we’re so entwined in a situation, in a problem, that all we seem to be doing is treading water. But from the moment it rang in my ears, I heard the depth of that statement, it imprinted on my soul and to this day has never left me. But the one line that stayed with me, for years to come, that has popped into my mind all along my short path of life was this “ sometimes the best way to deliver a punch is to step back… But step back too far and you ain’t fighting at all.”įrankie ( Maggie’s trainer played by the legendary Clint Eastwood) is talking about her form, her style. ![]() Million Dollar Baby, the movie that stole our hearts as we watched the rags to riches, heart wrenching journey of Maggie, the unlikely underdog turned hero of a grungy boxing gym and underrated, past-his-prime boxing coach.Ī plethora of profound words to-live-by and life altering dialogue wash over me as I watch in awe of this woman’s determination, drive and unwillingness to hear “ No” or “ You Can’t”. ![]()
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