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I'm an avid Crossfitter, the intensive functional fitness regime (www.crossfitshoalhaven.com).

Some would say obsessive.

But a big part of what CrossFit is about is Community, and on the weekend while competing at Survival of the Fittest 3 in Nowra I really saw that at work.

Lately theres been a fair bit of stress in my life; enough to potentially drag me down and bury me underneath it.

But its not been of my doing, and this morning listening to a podcast by Barbell Shrugged (who's have thought, huh??) on diet and nutrition, I realised why Ive been able to work through it.

We've all got desire in our lives.  Desire to own something, to eat a food, to go on holidays, or be with that one you've fallen for.

I think desire to achieve a result is more important, and probably covers all the above anyway. What do I mean?

Ive always believed that the mind is the most powerful part of your body. You can will yourself on to do things, even when physically your every being is screaming NOOOOOOO!!!

If you ask my wife Emma my favourite saying, she will tell you it is "the only person you can change is yourself!"

Self discipline is the ability to motivate yourself to do what needs to be done despite what else is happening around you!

My Brother Shane just wrote a blog on the spirituality of surfing. It is definitely worth a read...

and here's why...

People who know me know I enjoy my running.  Long distance running at that.  10km runs are like a casual stroll, and half marathons are when it starts to get serious.  

City 2 Surf is a nice 14km hit out.  And I've just started my program to tackle Canberra Marathon (again) in early April 2012.

I recently read someone talking about failure being the secret to success. This interested me and as I thought about it more I was both challenged and encouraged.

Only by trial and error do we push the boundaries and achieve great things in life, and therefore become successful people.

The mind is a powerful thing!  It has been said that "whether you think you can or you think you cannot you'll be right!"

I cannot control the weather.  As much as I try, I have absolutely no control over whether or not it will rain.  I cannot control my football team.  If i could affect the performances, the Dragons would be playing the Grand Final this weekend. I cannot even control my children.

For the last few months my brother Troy and I have been planning a dive trip to QLD. We kept ourselves flexible as to what weekend we would go, in order to get the best weather conditions. Our plan was a fairly simple one.

Drive north, find warm water, spear tasty fish, and have life experiences to remember.