Yesterday I got to the gym early to try and hang some merchandise back on the racks, after taking it with me to my seminar the following day.  So, I had some time alone in the gym and I looked around at all I had accomplished. 

Without trying to cloud my mind with all the things I still have to do, I tried to just admire the things I had done already and where I had come from.  Then, suddenly in walked three new people that were eager to train for the first time.  However, this didn’t really make me change all the things I was thinking about because this is actually one of the things I am most thankful for.  Every time someone new comes into the gym I have yet another opportunity to help them accomplish their goals, whatever those goals may be, and I am truly thankful to be in that position.

After showing our new members around, and giving them a quick lesson, I returned back upstairs to find that many more people had already arrived and had started their open mat session in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  Since they were already practicing, I sat down and really got a chance to appreciate their skill level and how far they had come in the time they had been there.  It’s amazing to see their thought process, skill level, and control while practicing.  We truly have an amazing gym and amazing members that are only going to get better as time goes on.

After watching them all compete, laugh, and have fun while practicing, I started to realize how things went much deeper then what building we were in or what new moves people might have been doing.  Everyone out there was truly a friend of mine as well as a friend to everyone else in the gym that day.  We had all actually been out to dinner, a movie, a party, or another event at one time or another.  In fact, most of our wives and/or children are also friends and without the gym none of this would probably have happened.

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