There is but one place where the work and things we do, the discipline we put in, the words we speak, the thoughts we think and the energy we channel into it will have an immense effect of what our lives will come to look like. In this place, we can all be like the blacksmith who forges his metal into perfect form that will serve many later on, or we can be like the drunk who constantly tries to escape this place and himself by looking to the bottle.
The place I’m referring to is the NOW, the point between what has been and what is to come. It is here everything happens all the time, and where we need to stay hungry so we will always show up and do our best.
It is 5:30 AM Saturday morning, and while I could have easily spent the next few hour in bed sleeping, I am just not that person, at least not anymore. I use to be the guy who often stayed up late and then got as much sleep as he possibly could squeeze out of the day. However, since the day I started waking up early on purpose, which was now a couple of years ago, I have realized that this habit alone has taken me way further than any other habits to date.