Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The writing from today that I read in the video ….
Resistance training
(And the importance of grit)
Lifting weights builds our muscles up
We seek resistance in the gym
And wouldn’t go there at all
If the plates were made of feathers and dust
Or to put it another way
We know resistance is a good thing
Where the gym is concerned
But in life or creative pursuits
We tend to forget all about the benefits of resistance
The hurdles and challenges and seemingly impossible walls
Which can dismantle our goals and dreams
If we don’t allow them to guide us into spiritual grit
What is spiritual grit?
Two words that perhaps seem to oppose one another on a level
Spiritual being ethereal and grit being earth bound strength
Of one who digs deep of their own volition
But spiritual grit
Is one who overcomes the resistance of the world
Through a practice of presence
And seeking strength outside of his own
To overcome the seemingly impossible challenges
Life often presents
Ultimately real grit isn’t doing all the heavy lifting
Using your own strength
Or applying tons of fear based energy towards a problem and riding a wave of anxiety and panic when life has you shaking in your boots
But rather
Doing breathwork
And seeking presence
And asking to guided and led
A prayer for wisdom
A prayer for strength
A prayer for faith
And acknowledgment that you need that spiritual source for strength and guidance
To help you overcome
Rocky needed Mick to fight Apollo creed
And we all have an internal mick that is the source of all things we must turn to when the bell rings in the real fights of our lives
That’s spiritual grit
Even when it seems we’ve been abandoned
Or our blessings are far away
It’s in those times that our faith is being tested
And it’s in those times that our faith must, will and can be strengthened
Through the resistance we face
When we look at life in those times
As spiritual gymnasium
Converting us into the spiritual warriors we were put here to become
For more information visit josepharthur.com
The writing from today that I read in the video ….
Resistance training
(And the importance of grit)
Lifting weights builds our muscles up
We seek resistance in the gym
And wouldn’t go there at all
If the plates were made of feathers and dust
Or to put it another way
We know resistance is a good thing
Where the gym is concerned
But in life or creative pursuits
We tend to forget all about the benefits of resistance
The hurdles and challenges and seemingly impossible walls
Which can dismantle our goals and dreams
If we don’t allow them to guide us into spiritual grit
What is spiritual grit?
Two words that perhaps seem to oppose one another on a level
Spiritual being ethereal and grit being earth bound strength
Of one who digs deep of their own volition
But spiritual grit
Is one who overcomes the resistance of the world
Through a practice of presence
And seeking strength outside of his own
To overcome the seemingly impossible challenges
Life often presents
Ultimately real grit isn’t doing all the heavy lifting
Using your own strength
Or applying tons of fear based energy towards a problem and riding a wave of anxiety and panic when life has you shaking in your boots
But rather
Doing breathwork
And seeking presence
And asking to guided and led
A prayer for wisdom
A prayer for strength
A prayer for faith
And acknowledgment that you need that spiritual source for strength and guidance
To help you overcome
Rocky needed Mick to fight Apollo creed
And we all have an internal mick that is the source of all things we must turn to when the bell rings in the real fights of our lives
That’s spiritual grit
Even when it seems we’ve been abandoned
Or our blessings are far away
It’s in those times that our faith is being tested
And it’s in those times that our faith must, will and can be strengthened
Through the resistance we face
When we look at life in those times
As spiritual gymnasium
Converting us into the spiritual warriors we were put here to become
For more information visit josepharthur.com
