I cried tonight… I cried tonight for the first time in a very very long time. It has taken me 5 years. It has taken me 5 whole years to do what I did tonight. It made me cry thinking about what I was doing, what I did, and what I was going to do from now on. I put on a fake smile since I was a fat kid in elementary school. I kept that fake smile throughout elementary school, middle school, and even some parts of high school. It was you. The jokers, the bullies, the ass-holes that made my life a living hell at least once a week throughout my younger years. The ones that called me chubby, fat-face, fat-ass etc. The ones that said I wasn’t skinny enough, fast enough, strong enough, tough enough to make it into your perfect world. But your equation of bullying me on the daily added up to something greater. It added up to me becoming stronger than ever before. You made me into the athlete I am today. You made me into a scholar. You made me into a worker, a volunteer, and a man that provides for his family and puts food on the table. You made me into something that others look up to. You made me into a leader amongst my peers. You made me into someone that looks out for others. You made me into someone that will always stand up to any; and I mean ANY challenge. You made me become the one of the few people that will change the world. You ignited a fire in me that will spread and make changes amongst our society so that others won’t be harmed by bullies like you. You made me cry tonight… You made me cry for the first time in a very very long time. It has taken me 5 years. Tonight I accomplished my first pull-up. Its only ONE pull-up and I could do only ONE. But the amount of suffering, pain, heart-ache, work, sweat, blood, tears, strain, that was behind that one pull-up….made me want to do another, and another, and another. I won’t stop. I can’t stop, even if I wanted to. And now that I know that I can accomplish such a simple task that 5 years ago seemed unfathomable, I know how to break through barriers, challenges, obstacles, and daunting circumstances. So to the ones that made my life torture because of my physical attributes, thank you. I did a pull-up when you said I couldn’t. :)
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 04:45:35 +0000
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