What if the opposite of my most negative thoughts or assumptions is actually true? What would change in my current moo

The Day After The Mountain From the Moonshots newsletter In a previous edition of Moonshots, I talked about the idea of Misogi. The concept is simple. Once a year, you should attempt something so difficult that there’s a 50% chance you fail. It's not a comfortable goal. It's not something you know you can complete. Something that forces you to confront the edge of who you think you are. Run the ultra. Climb the mountain. Launch the thing you’ve been avoiding. The purpose isn’t achievement. It’s confrontation. You confront your limits. You confront your excuses. You confront the quiet voice that says you can’t. And if you push through it, something strange happens. For a moment… you become someone else. But here’s the part people rarely talk about. The Misogi isn’t the hard part. The day after is. The Post-Challenge Void You imagine the finish line will feel different. Clarity. Confidence. A permanent sense of accomplishment. Instead, life resumes. The emails are still there. Your routine returns. The world moves on. And inside, a strange thought appears: Now what? Most people treat a Misogi like an event They celebrate it. Post about it. Tell the story. Then slowly… They drift back into the same patterns that existed before. This means the challenge becomes nothing more than a good memory. But that was never the point. My Version of a Misogi Recently, mine was HYROX. HYROX is an indoor fitness race where competitors alternate between 1 km runs and functional workout stations like sled pushes, rowing, lunges, and wall balls. I entered the doubles race with a good friend of mine. We had a target time to beat: 1 hour and 15 minutes. For six months, we trained for it. Early mornings. Hard sessions. Days where motivation was nowhere to be found. Race day came. Long story short — we beat our time. I was genuinely happy about it. But not long after finishing, a familiar thought crept in: What’s next? Should we sign up for another race? Train for something harder? But after sitting with it, I realized something important.

Life is a fight, so fight for your life Life, my friends, is a fight.The moment you are born, you make your entrance into the arena. The lights come on, the crowd begins to murmur, and before you even throw a punch, people are already watching some to cheer you, some to boo you and some to judge you without ever knowing your story. The ring is your world. Its ropes are the boundaries of your circumstances. Inside those ropes, it’s just you and the challenges of life. No excuses, no shortcuts, just heart, courage, and will. The referee is life’s rules. The judges are the world, scoring you whether you like it or not. And the fans, they are the people who believe in you. The boos? Those are your doubters. But here’s the truth: neither cheers nor boos will win the fight for you. Only you can. Every day you’ll throw jabs, small efforts, daily habits, and tiny victories. They don’t look powerful, but they set up everything else. Then comes the right cross that bold decision, that step of courage, that one moment that can change everything. The hooks are your creativity, attacking life from different angles, while the uppercut is your comeback the shot you throw when you’re cornered, proving you can rise when life tries to bury you. Not every punch will land. You’ll have missed swings opportunities lost, mistakes made, doors closed. But those misses teach you more than your clean shots ever could. That’s why you learn to bob and weave, to adapt, to move, to avoid the blows you don’t need to take. Balance your offense and defense. Chase your dreams, but protect your peace. Don’t forget the real fight isn’t won under the lights. It’s won in the dark. It’s won in the lonely mornings of road work, in the sweat of training, in the lessons of sparring. It’s shaped by your coach, the mentors who speak wisdom into you and pushed forward by the promoters of life, those who open doors, even if for their own reasons. Life demands timing knowing when to act when to wait. It demands strategy, not just strength. It demands distance knowing when to draw close and when to step back. It even demands feints the art of thinking smarter, not just fighting harder.

Powerful Native American Prayer No matter how cheery of a person you may be, it’s not always easy to keep your spirits up 100% of the time... we all have “one of those days.” This is where a mindfulness prayer can really come in handy. This short Native American prayer is a reminder of the beauty and wonders of the world. Its few short lines speak to our most basic, human concerns. It manifests joy, love, and peace. and most importantly, it reminds us to express thanks and gratitude. After all, no matter our circumstances, there is always something to be grateful for. Take a deep breath and let your mind pore over the ancient words below: Dear Great Spirit, You are inside of me, within my very breath, within each bird, each mighty mountain. Your sweet touch reaches everything, and I am well protected. Thank you for this beautiful day before me. May joy, love, peace, and compassion be part of my life and all those around me on this day. I am healing, and I am healed. Sometimes, when the world outside feels heavy, all we need to do is look within ourselves for that soul spark of joy and beauty!

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