Like a BOSS!

Many of my friends often hear me use the word "BAWSS." That word means everything to me and my journey, and I use it to push both myself and my friends. Too many times we compare ourselves to others and we look over our own achievements. That's not BAWSS. BAWSS is being able to look at what you are doing and striving to be your personal best. I don't give a damn if you only improved that running pace by 10 seconds, you're a BAWSS. I don't give a damn if you were only able to increase that weight by 5 pounds, you're still a BAWSS. I don't give a damn if are able to run 1 mile or 20, you're still a BAWSS. I don't give a damn if you tried everything in the book and it isn't working, you're still a BAWSS! 

To me, the best BAWSS's are not those of us that can do the most exercise. It's not those of us who can lift heavier, run faster, or run longer. It's those of us that are able to get online, even when we don't feel like it, and encourage a friend. It's those of us that are willing to share our weaknesses and gracious enough to accept constructive criticism so that we can better ourselves. It's those of us that are smart enough to know better and humble enough to accept when we don't. That is what makes every single friend I have a BAWSS. We encourage each other and drive each other to be the greek Adonis's that is hidden within all of us just waiting for it's chance to see the light of day. How awesome it is for you to work to make your body and life healthy, and enjoy them both as beautifully as it was meant for us. Hell, call me crazy but I say that may just be a little slice o' heaven!

So when I call you BAWSS, or reply "Like a BAWSS," that means you're freakin' awesome! I am encouraging you the best way I know how with everthing that I have in one word. It's the closest thing to saying I love my friends without sounding like a creeper, because they are all BAWSS! If all you do is leech off others, complain, and never contribute to the conversation, then you are not BAWSS! Everyone has a little strength to share, and even the old AncientMariner needs a pickup from time to time. I haven't had a friend yet to let me down. Even if you don't believe in yourself, believe in me who believes in you! Now that's BAWSS! Stay thirsty my friends!