THE DAY INTENSITY DIED.

When did intensity die? Better yet, when was intensity pushed into the shadowed recesses of our minds. When did we turn a culture of winning into a group satisfied with just mediocrity? People just stopped caring about their goals; what was once worth getting excited over was now meant to be hidden away. There are countless examples (i.e., Social media) of people bashing others for getting excited; hating them for being proud of themselves. I'm here to tell you why this needs to stop.

"Ain't a way around it no more, I am the greatest" (J.Cole-Fire Squad). I can say that every time I set a personal record for myself, I lose my proverbial marble. I scream, smash things, maybe even cry! But why am I laughed at for this? I get ridiculed for caring. That exact moment is why you realize they ridicule you. These judges are scared of passion. People had not once in their weak, spiritless lives ever cared enough about something to understand what drives you to do this. Pundits are quick to tell you about being a humble champion; that the greatest "makes no noise.". Well, I do not know about you, but I don't personally know of many Winners who don't rustle some jimmies along the way. Even if they did manage to stay "lowkey," they stayed that way. An un-noticed champion passes into retirement without anybody even noticing.

Do not be afraid to chase your limits with intensity. Show joy, rage, agony, zeal even with your mission. Don't let the weakness of others hold you back. Apathy isn't accepted with you because you're not like everyone else. Make some noise in your path, make it known that you have every intention to be the best. It is too easy to fall under the crushing weight that is normality, to be just another face in the crowd. But you won't; you will seek out others like you because you realize that is where you will flourish—surrounding yourself with others who push the limits with an undying thirst for being the best. No one ever came in first without nursing their craft. Imagine what happens when you combine that with an infatuation with being the best. What's the end there?

This is simply a call to all out there that are timid with their progress. They get compared to the best & are taunted for it. Who cares? Get excited, yell, scream, holler! Walk into a room and make it aware that you're there to be the best and be damned the consequences. When you see someone else doing that, make it a point to give them the recognition they deserve; make this an age of intensity. Nobody is going to remember those that didn't give their all. Set forward now and forge your own path of overly wrought antics & emotions and watch yourself blossom because of it. Be a savage

AUTHOR: WILL GARCIA