People who train at night, and people who train early in the morning: Outside of American politics, you won’t find two more polarized groups.
The morning crew thumps their chests about doing something difficult before the sun rises. The more demure have obligations like work or family that keep them off the mats at night.
So they say.
The evening crew is generally larger, younger, and more intense. After all, who can be a savage at 6 a.m.? They talk about those strange people who train in the morning as if discussing some taxidermied oddity in a natural history museum. They just can’t function that early.
So they say.
But what are they actually saying?
They’re saying, I’m stuck. They’re saying, I’m afraid. They’re saying, I’m comfortable, and I’d prefer to stay that way.
I don’t want to rock the boat with my family. I don’t want to drag through the day. I don’t want to be exposed.
What lies beyond that strife? What lies beyond that discomfort? But what lies beyond that fear?
I might say. Or I might go and see.
Category: Inner Work
Tag: Awareness
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