Do you know where the old saying, "The whole 9 yards" came from?
In WWII, fighter pilots would have a machine gunner with a .50 caliber that had yards worth of ammo. During periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nonetheless when things truly hit the fan, he would scream out "Give them the whole damn nine yards!?" These men were in survival mode and had to do everything they could possibly to survive. They had to give it everything they had so as to stay alive.
How can we do this in life?
You have got to give every day everything you have. Leave no path unexplored and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your goals. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Each of us is a result of our repeated actions throughout time. We are the final tally of our decisions, habits, and decisions of the trails we opt to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to make an enormous change in life, we have to change the things that really made us arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the boundaries of your deepest possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At one point or another, you've got to leave the safeness of the harbour and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Necessary? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly simple to be a spectator in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. Nevertheless to live a life you adore you've got to get on the field and play in the game. For many, that suggests taking the hits and enjoying the daily circumstances and challenges that come along with it. The decision to get on the field of life is often incredibly frightening to many who are twitchy about going after what they sincerely love. But ultimately, wih enough support and pressure from the soul, those scared and shy souls will take the leap into the dark and commence their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you've got. You only have one to live and you truly don't know what you are capable of. So chase perfection knowing you'll never reach it. In the end, you will understand that you achieved excellence instead.
In WWII, fighter pilots would have a machine gunner with a .50 caliber that had yards worth of ammo. During periods of stress, the pilot would tell the gunner how many yards to give. Nonetheless when things truly hit the fan, he would scream out "Give them the whole damn nine yards!?" These men were in survival mode and had to do everything they could possibly to survive. They had to give it everything they had so as to stay alive.
How can we do this in life?
You have got to give every day everything you have. Leave no path unexplored and leave nothing in the tank. Give yourself the best chance at life and achieving your goals. Give it the whole damn 9 yards.
Each of us is a result of our repeated actions throughout time. We are the final tally of our decisions, habits, and decisions of the trails we opt to walk. Therefore, if we are truly going to make an enormous change in life, we have to change the things that really made us arrive at this place.
You never can truly identify the boundaries of your deepest possibilities until you travel into uncharted waters. At one point or another, you've got to leave the safeness of the harbour and take a grand journey. Frightful? Yes. Necessary? Hell yes.
It is so incredibly simple to be a spectator in your own life. We call this being up in the stands. Nevertheless to live a life you adore you've got to get on the field and play in the game. For many, that suggests taking the hits and enjoying the daily circumstances and challenges that come along with it. The decision to get on the field of life is often incredibly frightening to many who are twitchy about going after what they sincerely love. But ultimately, wih enough support and pressure from the soul, those scared and shy souls will take the leap into the dark and commence their own journey in due time.
Give this life all that you've got. You only have one to live and you truly don't know what you are capable of. So chase perfection knowing you'll never reach it. In the end, you will understand that you achieved excellence instead.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Interested in some more motivation? Dive into these uplifting quotes to give yourself the extra boost to give the whole 9 yards.
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