THE COST OF BEING A HERO

FOR

Shakey & JP

I came home last night from visiting Stephen and Lisa, doing the squats then driving to Melbourne to do the shoot and finally getting to Groveland about 10 pm, and I had to find motivation!  I was mentally beaten and physically done.... so I went to YOU TUBE looking for one of my favorite clips...'POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE"'...which speaks volumes to me in words and in actions, after that I went on to watch some more and started trying to figure out how this could help my brother's in your long battle NOW and in the DAYS COMING.  I know this is not a game and I am not in your shoes but I do know that when a "Specialist" sat with me and Rach a few years back and told me I should be OR would be in a wheelchair in the next few months to years because of my spine damage,  ya know I wanted to quit living right then and now with the knees so horrible that too makes life a bitch.  I know I am not living with a death sentence but I am living with a sentence that is trying to tell me HOW I should be living with the issues I have, with the pain I have....The difference is I try to tell IT daily WHAT I AM GOING TO DO!!!!  When I made the choice to squat for you to suffer with you, I wasn't sure I would make it this far BUT i had to do something OR life was gonna define me on IT"S weak ass terms.  YOU make me strong!  I watched this video tonight I am gonna share the words with you both- "I AM A CHAMPION- who am I"- is the name and I wish you would watch it.  I know you are fighting BUT we need to be doing more because YOU STILL have a life to live.  As painful and as sick as we are ....life is still in your grasp and you can still make it what you want to make of it.  I love you both and we need to get up and kick the shit out of fear and sadness and anything else that is telling you -your done.  BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DONE-

I will conquer what has not been conquered
Defeat will not be in my creed
I will believe that other will doubted
I will always endeavor the prestige, honor, and respect of my team
I have trained my mind and my body will follow
…Who am I ???
I AM A CHAMPION

I will acknowledge that a fact that my opponent don’t expect me to win
But I will never surrender
Weakness will not be in my heart
I will look to my comrades,to those who have brought me into this world and those who have trained me
And I will draw strength from them
…Who am I ????
I AM A CHAMPION

I will gladly go out into the field of battle
And I will move, groove, and do everything I can do
And I will reach my field of battle by any means at my disposal
And when I get there I will arrive violently
I will the heart of my enemy and leave it bleeding on the ground, because he can’t stop me
…Who am I ????
I AM A CHAMPION

To my side I have comrades
Comrades that have been with me through stick and thin
Through sacrifice, through blood, through sweat, through tears
Never will I let them fall
Never will I let them down
…And I will ever leave an enemy behind
Because our opponent doesn’t know my heart
Who am I ????
I AM A CHAMPION

No one will deny me
No one will defy me
And no one will tell me who and what I am and can be
Believe will change my world
It has moved continents, and countries, and put man on the moon
…And it will carry me through this battle
Who am I ????
I AM A CHAMPION

Defeat, retreat those are not in my words
I don’t understand those definitions
I don’t understand when things go wrong
I don’t understand mistakes
But I do understand this
…I understand Victory and I understand never surrendering
No matter how bad things go
My heart and my mind will carry my body when my limbs are too weak
WHo am I .???
I AM A CHAMPION

Today will be that day
Not tomorrow, not next week, but right now, right here, in your house and in your home
Who am I ???
I AM A CHAMPION

History will remember me
And I’ll not worry about him being kind
I’ll define myself
I’ll write my own praises
And no one will tell me what I can and cannot be
…I will never go home, not without giving everything I have got
‘Coz Who am I..?
I AM A CHAMPION
Who am I ???
I AM A CHAMPION
WHO AM I ???
I AM A CHAMPION

You are my brother's and we will fight together-Bull