Defend Your Post

I was recently moving some chairs around and, unfortunately, hit my toe. Oh! Oh, I could still feel the pain

Here's the very interesting thing: It's not the degree by which I stubbed my toe, because, to be honest, I didn't hit my toe in a massive way. It's not like I banged it to the degree that it's bleeding. But it was the angle of the strike; it was the angle at which I hit my toe.

And here's what I want to get at. Oftentimes, we think, "Well, the blow of life wasn't too difficult; it wasn't too challenging." But you know, it's kind of like a kidney shot—caught right, it'll take you down. I remember there was a boxer who was fighting, and he took an abdomen shot—a kidney shot—and as a result, he took a knee and the match was over.

And everyone criticized him and said, "That's how you're going to lose the fight?"

The analysts began to say, "Actually, a kidney shot can really rock your entire being, depending on that angle, the fierceness—I mean, it can actually take you out!"

Of course, Mike Tyson has this famous quote: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." And so, we think getting punched in the mouth is the only attack that's going to hurt. But there are these shots that, while they may not look severe, actually are. The angle of it impacts us dramatically. It's a shot to the ego, a shot to pride, a shot to something that maybe we didn't even know we had inside.

And so, our decision here, in the face of this reality, should be to build a proper defense—a defense for our habits, for our goals, for our vision, and for our dreams. Build a proper defense.

Oftentimes, we're so on the offense and so going and going and going—like the Energizer Bunny—but we're so on the go that we don't develop a proper defense.

What are you doing to defend your mental health?

What are you doing to defend the goals that you've set?

What about your spiritual life?

How is it?

When's the last time you meditated?

When's the last time you prayed?

When's the last time you sat down to just say thank you for all the things you have?

We build and build and build and are constantly on the offense. When's the last time you defended your post?

You see, it ain't about the strike so much, but the angle of it. Because even though it's been about a good 45 minutes, maybe, since that chair shot to the toe, I still feel the strike because of the angle.