CROSS-fit #115 Still Human

We all look up to people.

We look at them for strength, for comfort, for inspiration or direction.

Doing so makes sense, we all need role models and mentors in our lives.

In Crossfit, it is very obviously the head Coach.

I haven't really heard of someone in Crossfit whom doesn't look up to the coach in terms of fitness or sheer determination.

In CFSG, Coach has made such an impact in all our lives. I'm pretty sure I speak for many others as well.
However, there are days, just some days, whereby life gets tough for them.

This was visible a couple of days ago for Coach. Don't get me wrong, it isn't a sign of weakness at all.

It's a sign that he is human.

The past weekend, I returned to my beloved church, CHC.

I missed the people a whole lot, really. But to see Pastor Kong walk up the stage moved me.

This is a man whom is accused of so many things.

The media hasn't been kind to him, the public has really given it to him.

However, he is still here, walking up the stage, motivating and encouraging others.

This is a man whom is pretty much going through hell right now. 

But he's walking up the stage, preaching his heart out to inspire confidence in us all.

Look at your Pastor, your mentors, your leaders, your coach.

Many of them are likely to be going through a real tough time.

Yet they make the effort to set aside their emotions to help you, as a person and as an athlete.

Problems like that reveal how human one person can be.

No matter how high a pedestal we put the person on, he is still human.

He still feels, he still hurts and very often, still cries.

It doesn't show weakness, not at all.

It shows the strength that the individual we look up to has.

So so much strength.

Strength to be selfless.

That's just another thing to admire him for.