Steak for the Soul — All Blogs

Your struggle isn't who you are. It doesn't define you, it doesn't defeat you, it doesn't dissuade you. It simply REVEALS you. You've either already GIVEN UP, or you're in the process of GETTING UP. Let today's trouble be the mirror that reveals YOU. We're all made of something breakable, and yet every one of us still has the power to be unstoppable... The truth is, the only thing that separates the broken from the unstoppable, are the broken who refuse to be stopped.

If you set out to discover anything about yourself today, discover purpose. The unhindered harnessing of your strongest gifts, fueled by your deepest passions, then drawn to the surface by the work of your hands, the song of your heart and the journey of your feet. Purpose is the one thing, that once discovered, can turn a hopeless life with a determined will into an unstoppable force. It is the priceless gem within you, that only you can hide and only you can polish. A gem that can be ignored but not removed, forgotten but never stolen. For since it...

Work hard, play hard, love hard, pray hard. Repeat. When your present reality doesn’t quite match your current vision for success, keep pushing. Remembering that success is never truly gauged by WHAT you are on the outside, but WHO you are on the inside. Not by the content of your pockets, but the content of your character. Not how you fill your garage, your business or house, but how you fill your days. There’s rich men who never taste happiness and happy men who never taste riches. So in whatever you choose to do, work hard, play hard, love hard,...

I've tried to trace my trouble back to the day where it all started. Like footsteps in my mind I've followed it back. Hoping somewhere along the way I'd eventually stumble across that very first print. Like a crater in the dirt, old and barely recognizable. A hollow hole that once held the sole of my feet, and some other forgotten memory. My first moment of compromise. The one decision that sent this life of mine spiraling into the whirlwind of chaos it became. I haven't found it yet... that footprint. Sometimes it feels like I've been looking longer than...