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Shout out to Walter Bayliss and How I Defied My Logical Brain to ACHIEVE the IMPOSSIBLE!

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Channel: Zerofatzreturns · 2015 · Howto & Style

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I remembered a story today that I had forgotten for years. It was one of those stories where when you remember it you think to yourself, “How did I ever forget that?” You see this is the story of how I learned to lose the governor on my brain…

Back in late August of 1995 I was a new recruit in the U.S. Navy, young, stupid, and far, far away from home. I had gotten myself into a real situation here. Deciding on a whim that I would join the Navy and see the world, two weeks later I was on a plane to the Great Lakes and being yelled at by Recruit Division Commanders.

Why did I sign up for this again?

Oh yeah…See the world…Right.

So in the depths of boot camp I was picked, along with about 8 of my fellow recruits to load some laundry onto a truck. Our job was to transfer these very large, very heavy bags of laundry out of this loading bay and onto this large cargo truck.

I remember thinking, “this shouldn’t be too bad, these bags are big but it’s just clothes.”

That was until I tried to pick up the first bag and it dropped solidly to the ground with a heavy thud. “Holy crap man this bag is heavy.”

I tried to pick it up again and I couldn’t budge the thing. Back then I clocked in at about 130 pounds. I didn’t see our Recruit Division Commander anywhere. Not sure what I should do, I just started dragging that bag of laundry out of the loading bay and over to the truck.

It was funny because it was about 50 yards or so from where the loading bay was to where the truck was parked outside so I had to do some dragging.
As soon as I hit the door and felt the sun on my face, don’t you know that damn RDC was on me like white on rice man. I don’t even want to tell you what kinds of things he was screaming in my face about an inch away from my ear.

I will tell you that he made it very clear that I was not allowed to drag the giant unnaturally cumbersome bag of laundry. VERY CLEAR.

I didn’t know what to do at all. On the one hand my brain is screaming at me telling me this bag is way too heavy. I can’t lift it. On the other hand though, I have this giant asshole telling me I must lift it and carry it and it cannot touch the ground again.

I felt trapped there. It was like he was asking me to do the impossible. I was too afraid to tell him that though. He seemed extremely big and pissed off. I did the only thing I could.

I defied my brain.

I got underneath that bag of laundry and grunted and struggled. You have to understand that I didn’t just put in a good effort here. I thought that if I didn’t lift this bag up something really bad was going to happen to me…I had no idea what. I was 19 and had never been away from home before.

It was like the world had froze there in those few minutes while I struggled with that insanely unnaturally heavy bag and the RDC’s frigid laser-like eyes drilled into my back.

Then something happened.

Slowly, shakily, and under wavering knees I started to lift it. My mind felt like there was a warm blanket wrapped around it and I could not think of anything accept this one thing…

Move this laundry from my back to the truck and for the love of God, do not drop it.

And that is what I did.

The second bag got a little easier. I still struggled and I still shook but I got it there without failing. Then came the third and the fourth…and that is how my day went.

I went to bed that night in an open bay barracks with 79 other recruits and yet I lay alone. My mind was different after that. I felt like a warrior that had just come of age. Something had happened that I marked very well.

I defied my logical brain and won.

Even though I knew that it was impossible for me to lift that bag of laundry…I did it anyway.

It was a defining moment in my life.

Ever since then I have been a guy who overestimates himself. I always believe I am capable of just about anything. Sometimes that belief will lead me to falling a little short on my goals and yet in reaching for those goals I usually attain and achieve so much more than those around me.

If you are a person out there who comes up with reasons why you can’t do something that you want to do or has “legitimate reasons” why you cannot achieve your goals I want you to remember something. Sheer force of will is stronger than your logical brain.

If you want it, you can take it. Do not doubt it.

If you have a gigantic seemingly un-liftable bag of laundry standing in your way, I offer you this advice:

Stop thinking, get scared, and start lifting.

You might not have a big bad RDC in your face, but you do only have so much time on this earth and none of us know how much we have.

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God Bless you and Good Luck in ALL your ventures!

Kam (aka ZeroFatz)