You're Fortunate

"When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it."
-Margaret Chase Smith

Warm Up

Strength/Skill
Squats 5-5-5-5-5-5

WOD
for time
Run 1600 meters
25 Burpees
Run 1200 meters
25 Burpees
Run 800 meters
25 Burpees
Run 400 meters
25 Burpess

Endurance
Rest


Adrift
By Adam Khan




In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later (the longest anyone has survived a shipwreck on a life raft alone), he was alive -- much skinnier than he was when he started, but alive.

His account of how he survived is fascinating. His ingenuity -- how he managed to catch fish, how he fixed his solar still (evaporates sea water to make fresh) -- is very interesting.
But the thing that caught my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when there seemed no point in continuing the struggle, when he was suffering greatly, when his life raft was punctured and after more than a week struggling with his weak body to fix it, it was still leaking air and wearing him out to keep pumping it up. He was starved. He was desperately dehydrated. He was thoroughly exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only sane option.

When people survive these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in similarly desperate circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the guts to carry on in spite of overwhelming odds.

"I tell myself I can handle it," wrote Callahan in his narrative. "Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, building up fortitude...."
I wrote that down after I read it. It struck me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed far off or when my problems seemed too overwhelming. And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my senses.

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad compared to something better. But others have been through much worse. I've read enough history to know you and I are lucky to be where we are, when we are, no matter how bad it seems to us compared to our fantasies. It's a sane thought and worth thinking.

So here, coming to us from the extreme edge of survival, are words that can give us strength. Whatever you're going through, tell yourself you can handle it. Compared to what others have been through, you're fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over, and it will help you get through the rough spots with a little more fortitude.

Obvious

"Four steps to achievement:
Plan Purposefully.
Prepare Prayerfully.
Proceed Positively.
Pursue Persistently."
-William Arthur Ward

Warm Up

Strength/Skill
Mini Flight Simulator
10 Unbroken Double Unders
20 Unbroken Double Unders
30 Unbroken Double Unders
40 Unbroken Double Unders
50 Unbroken Double Unders
40 Unbroken Double Unders
30 Unbroken Double Unders
20 Unbroken Double Unders
10 Unbroken Double Unders

WOD
for time
25 Deadlifts @185#
10 Handstand Push Ups
Run 400 meters
25 Power Clean and Jerk @ 155#
10 Handstand Push Ups
Run 400 meters
25 Thrusters @ 115@
10 Handstand Push Ups
Run 400 meters
25 Overhead Squats @ 95#
10 Handstand Push ups
Run 400 meters

Endurance
Run or Row at an easy pace for 30 minutes


Obvious



A man stood on top of his roof in the middle of one of the worst floods ever recorded. The water was rising around his feet so he looked up at the black sky and prayed. "Mighty God please save me!" An hour passed and the water was already over his feet when a man in a fishing boat came and called for him to get in. The man refused saying. "No, I am waiting for God to save me." The man in the boat waited as long as he could then left the man on his roof. Standing soaked on the roof as the waters rose he stared at the sky waiting for God to save him. Then a rescue boat pulled up beside his house and threw him a rope but again the man refused. "No, I am waiting for God to save me" Hours passed and the man had to cling to his chimney to avoid being washed away. He thought he was going to drown when he saw a bright light overhead he though God had come to save him this time. Then he heard a loudspeaker and realized it was a helicopter. It dropped a ladder but again the man refused. "No! God will save me!" the man clung to the chimney until the water was over his head and he drowned. A moment later he stood before God weeping. "Mighty God, I prayed and prayed why didn't you save me?" and God comforted the man saying softly. "I sent two boats and a helicopter to save you but you wouldn't get in." Moral of the story is God doesn't always work in obvious ways. He works in many ways.

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No Quitters

"If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor."
-Jennifer James

Warm Up

Strength/Skill
30 Single Arm Power Clean and Press @ 35# DB (each arm)

WOD
On the minute every minute for 30 minutes
3 Chest to Bar Pull Ups
6 Sumo Deadlift High Pull @ 70# KB
9 Box Jumps @ 24" box

Endurance
Run 4 x 800 meters


Quit



Quit!? Say that word out loud. Go ahead say it. Doesn't it just sound pathetic.
It is such a weak word. Quitting should never be an option.
The definition of quitter is, 'a person who gives up easily or does not have the courage or determination to finish a task'. Dang, now those are some heavy words.

Now I can promise you that anything worth having, whether it be professional or personal, will bring tough times. And anytime we are faced with difficulties, the momentary thought of quitting will arise. It's a fact. During an extremely tough training session or the work on your desk continues to pile up, the thought of quitting will pass through your mind. The most important words of that last sentence is pass through. When quit begins to whisper into your thoughts, push it away. Focus on the finish line.

Some of your goals may not be met in this life. Actually, some of your goal will not be met in this life. But don't let that happen because you quit on them. Some goals are set before you, so that while you are chasing them down you will achieve greater dreams that you never planned for.

Life is an extremely amazing gift! Never quit on it! Ever!

Desiderata

"I have reached a point in my life where I understand the pain and the challenges; and my attitude is one of standing up with open arms to meet them all."
-Myrlie Evers

Warm Up

Strength/Skill
50 Handstand Push Ups, done in the least amount of sets possible
Front Squats 3-3-3-3-3

WOD
5 rounds for time
5 Squat Clean Thruster @ 135#
5 Muscle Ups
Run 400 meters

Rest 4-6 hours

WOD2
7 rounds for time
7 Power Snatch @ 95#
7 Overhead Squats @ 95#

Endurance
Rest


Desiderata
-- written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s -- 




Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, 

and remember what peace there may be in silence.


As far as possible, without surrender,

be on good terms with all persons. 

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; 

and listen to others, 
even to the dull and the ignorant; 

they too have their story. 

Avoid loud and aggressive persons;

they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain or bitter,

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. 

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, 
for the world is full of trickery. 

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals, 
and everywhere life is full of heroism. 

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. 

Neither be cynical about love, 
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, 

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, 
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. 

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, 
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe 
no less than the trees and the stars; 

you have a right to be here. 

And whether or not it is clear to you, 
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, 
whatever you conceive Him to be. 

And whatever your labors and aspirations, 
in the noisy confusion of life,

keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, 
it is still a beautiful world. 

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.