My Defining Quote

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"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." Bruce Lee.  Quote obtained from http://www.authorama.com/essays-of-francis-bacon-50.html

 I actually liked a lot of Bruce Lees quotes after reading them and it was really hard to pick one. But, I said in my mission statement before that I want to be the best me in all aspects of my life. This quote relates to that idea of pushing yourself to be the best you can be. When I say all aspects of my life I literally mean all because if I slack in one then I will begin slacking in others till I just don't care anymore.  For example, I haven't been able to push myself toward the next plateau in Cross Country this year because of an ankle injury. Three days ago on Wednesday, I was finally able to start running after a 4-week break. The day after that Wednesday we had a meet in Goddard on a course called Lake Afton and it's the most difficult course we run all year. I had to run JV which already bothered me but it couldn't be helped. I ended up finishing with a time of 21:47 in 7th place. If you don't know a time of 21:47 is extremely slow. My twin brother is running an 18:24 and that's where I'm supposed to be at time wise. I love competition and being beat by him is the most frustrating thing in the world because last year I would always finish right before him and now I'm not even running at my freshmen year pace. I'm on a plateau and I'm struggling to go beyond it. This quote also relates to an essay written by Sir Francis Bacon by the name of "Of Studies". This essay covers the importance of studying the areas you find yourself lacking in and by doing so you remedy the defects in your mind.  This perfectly relates to me and this quote of wanting to better yourself and go higher and higher in the world. I think everyone should try and improve themselves in as many areas as possible because it will make our society grow in a positive direction. Society is made of individuals and their individual knowledge, ideas, and beliefs. If people try and go beyond their plateaus society will, therefore, be pushed beyond its plateau. This post was supposed to focus on why this quote relates to me but I couldn't help myself and had to bring in some other points that this connected to. Hope you enjoyed the read and please comment any thoughts you had on the post.