The Heart of A Champion

Marcus Aurelius once said, ~The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.~ Ladies and gentlemen, this may sound strange, but love is a lot like the sport of professional wrestling, which to you may be the strangest comparison about love and yet, you should know by now there is a method to my madness. In any case, when it comes to love we're all in the squared circle known as the ring of life where we've wrestled or are wrestling with feelings and emotions for someone that have bounced or are bouncing side to side against the ropes within our own heart as they're metaphorically dropkicked, clotheslined, flipped, bearhugged, etc. to the point where you either tap out or say I quit because you don't want to endure any more pain.

Without a doubt, love can hit you pretty hard out of nowhere without warning like being hit with a steel chair and the impact can leave not only your head disoriented, but also your heart as well. No matter how much preparation you take to anticipate/receive a blow like that you will never be able to see it coming as it will sneak up on you, tap you on the shoulder, and clock you upside the head so hard your brain is scrambled, which is what love does. For some, most, or all people have been hit so many times that they've gradually lost brain cells not because of falling in love, but rather from the dizzying heartbreak caused by someone who took their heart and performed a nasty conchairto that would most definitely not merit another encore.

As a professional wrestling fan, I've learned at a very young age that its predetermined ahead of time and not fake, which any die hard wrestling fan will get mad at you for...but I digress. Somewhat like wrestling, love can be in fact faked by a guy or girl who is simply going through the motions and not using the one thing that matters most in love...heart. For if that person doesn't put his or her whole heart into someone who one supposedly loves, all time, effort, and hard work you willing put in was wasted for nothing. Let me tell you something, its all about teamwork as you have work together to build a strong cohesive unit with someone who may be or already is your future tag team partner for life.

Oftentimes, love can be considered the dirtiest player in the game as you can put your complete trust in that certain someone to never hurt you, but once your back is turned he or she can stab you in the back by giving you a low blow that you truly didn't deserve at all. Essentially, every person wants to meet their future tag team partner who won't leave you high and dry when life's most difficult problems are stomping a mudhole all over you. Its at that point you reach out for a tag and instead of that person letting you suffer, he or she tags in and takes on/fights off the stress that is pounding on you. Let me ask you this question, wouldn't you love to have partner like this who is always going to have your back no matter what?

In retrospect, we all hold close within us a title belt that we can metaphorically raise proudly over our heads and absolutely nobody can ever take it away from us unless it's that potential tag team partner for life who we can truly give it to without wondering if he or she will betray us. Whether one does or doesn't, don't be that person who keeps score as you count it in your proverbial win/loss column recorded in your heart, which doesn't really matter. In the end, what truly matters are the times you keep getting back into the ring when you've been thrown over the top rope so many times that it not only shows you how much drive you have to not be a quitter, but it also shows you have the heart of a champion.