Nothing Was Given Collection

Nothing Was Given.

Nobody handed you
The early alarm.
The dark gym.
The hour before the house woke up.
The discipline to go
when every reasonable version of yourself
said not today.

Nobody handed you
the career you built
while raising the people
who will one day describe you
as the hardest working person
they ever knew.

Nobody handed you
the body.
The strength.
The capacity to carry
everything you carry
and still show up.

You took all of it.

One morning at a time.
One session at a time.
One decision at a time.

Nothing was given.

Everything was built.

Work. Family. Train. Repeat.