10 Count

Life is like a heavyweight boxing match and your opponent is life itself. Our adolescent years are spent taking hits and jabs in the early part of the rounds. Yet, we recover quickly and get right back into the fight in a manner of speaking. In the beginning, we all are merely rookies, just learning the ropes so to speak. Sometimes, for our own good, the bell is sounded to ensure our own safety. Does it taught us up in the long run, that is a question for you to answer yourselves

As we reach adulthood, the hits we take and the bruises we receive are merely secondary. We are used to it and the adrenaline we feel pumps each of us to not back down and get into the face of life. A throw down if you will, a slobberknocker where teeth get knocked out and each hit feels like a thunderous blow. A blow that would literally shake the earth to its core. We spend our adulthood keeping our guard up, punching and jabbing, losing and gaining momentum. We have the never say die attitude that makes who we are today.

The latter years of our life means simply surviving the last several rounds. The energy we had at the beginning is slowly fading. The adrenaline that kept us pumped up is now gone and our knees are about to buckle and are up against the ropes. It has now come down to who is going to survive, who wants it more. Our instincts tend to take over and we push ourselves to the limit in mind, body, and soul.

The final round has arrived as we stand in the middle of the ring. Standing face to face with life. We look back and at the life we led in the past up until now. Are there any regrets, if so would you go back and change them? It's a tough call to make but the past is the past, and nothing is accomplished by dwelling in the past. There is no turning back now, for the only way to go is to move forward.

Life can unknowingly give us a blow that will send us down to the mat hard. With all that you have been through, all you have experienced, all that you have strived and worked for within your lifetime, will you throw in the towel and stay down for the 10 count? Or will you get back up, continue to fight with all your heart and with your last remaining bit of strength give a knockout blow that would make Mohammad Ali proud.

I ask you this question, What round are you in, as you battle life in the boxing ring and have you come close to being counted out?