Built for the Storm
Today isn’t about motivation. It’s about identity. I don’t need to *feel like it* — I’ve already decided who I am. I’m the man who gets up. The man who finishes the reps. The man who chooses action over escape.
Life is still throwing chaos my way. But I’m done flinching. I’m done waiting for it to get easier. I was built for the storm. Every hard thing I face today is part of my sharpening. Pain is fuel. Pressure is training. Struggle is data. I don’t pray for the end of the storm — I train to outlast it.
I will win this day. Quietly. Relentlessly. Because that’s who I am now. Because I’ve finally accepted what Marcus Aurelius knew to be true: “You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”