To Every Man

I’m talking to every man here.

You were not meant to sit in classrooms and offices.
You were not meant to follow and obey, to listen and compromise.
You were not meant to fold to circumstances.

Inside every single one of you sits a nuclear reactor.
Most of you have never felt it.
Never experienced it.
And most never will.

Only the few who are willing to push far enough will ever discover it.

You have far more power, far more capability than you could possibly believe.
By sheer willpower you can bend matter and reform the fabric of reality to your liking.
You can make wonders happen. The Bible says that you hold the same power that made Jesus rise from the dead. And it’s true. That’s the nuclear reactor.
If you take it seriously, never give up, stay true to your principles, be a man with honor and dignity —
if you work as hard as possible, protect and provide, train to the best of your ability and fight for something worth fighting for —

— you will start to understand what im talking about.

When you try to go to the limit, you will notice that there never was one.
You expect to hit a wall…
but you walk straight through a cloud.

You enter a fog your mind has never allowed you to go to.
And in that place lies the secret to every success in the history of mankind.

That sacred place holds the power of your ancestors. The fearless warriors of old.
The power that made them decide to forge swords, form legions, and conquer.
To take more.

If you reach that place even once, you will feel something you’ve never felt before.
I truly believe you can do that.

Understand this:
Your basic instinct is to fight, conquer, create, explore.
You are built for adventure and glory.

Yet most men never experience it, because they live inside a mental prison.

The average person can hold a plank for one or two minutes.
Guess what the world record is?

9.5 HOURS.

Do you understand what a feat of strength that is?
What mental power that person holds?

You possess the same kind of strength.
Right now. As you read this.

The only thing blocking your access to that enormous nuclear reactor is your mind.
It sets traps and creates corridors out of doubt and fear, trying to withhold you from reaching that place.

If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, you need to push yourself —
as far as you can go —
and then see where you lose the battle to your mind.
See the exact point where it defeats you.

Then try again.
And again.

I’ll be waiting for you there, in that unexplored, foggy, wonderful place, filled with vital power, burning eyes, uncontrollable smiles and purest energy.

— Yanni