David Goggins describes hitting mile 70 of an ultra-endurance race with blood in his urine and broken feet, calling it the most amazing moment of his life. Watching someone push past what seems impossible shifts your sense of what you can actually do.
I love crying.
Let me sit here and enjoy this pain. I get to mile 70 and it was the worst pain in my life. I was all dizzy, lightheaded, and I was just dying and had to go to the bathroom, and the bathroom was like 20 feet away from me. I couldn't, and so I sat there and peed blood down my leg and started cramping up my back with 30 miles to go. My feet were broken. It was the most amazing moment of my entire life.
When I think about Bichon, I literally think about that. Again, I've watched his stuff for so long and it gives me perspective. If he could— and he talks a lot about how much more you can do after your mind is telling you you can't do it. See the things he accomplishes through just pure grit, and I'm like, if he can do that, certainly I can push a little bit more with whatever I'm currently struggling with. It is hard to keep pushing when you don't feel like it, but once you get used to that, and again, your level of hard, you start to push what you consider hard, it makes previously hard things pretty easy.