We're all battling demons

We’re all battling demons:

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We’re all battling demons.

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Ideas in our head.

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Ideas from our past.

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Ideas from our childhood.

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Ideas from our environment.

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The story we tell ourselves.

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The people we grow up around.

The things we see as a kid.

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And we internalize that.

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We let it take hold.

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We let it decide who we are.

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Then god pushes us in some way.

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Puts us in front of someone different.

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Gives us someone who believes in us.

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Someone we trust.

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Someone we confide in.

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That person changes us forever.

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They shape us.

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They brainwash us.

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They create us.

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The new us.

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Then we go.

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We fight.

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And train.

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And watch.

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And listen.

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One of the greatest coaches that ever lived.

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Is training us.

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Training me.

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I was a no one from the Bronx.

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A kid who used to get bullied.

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Picked on.

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Ran with the wrong people.

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And now?

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Now I’m someone.

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I’m something different.

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I’m Mike Tyson.

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I’m king of the world.

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The best fighter there will ever be.

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I’m literally on top of the world.

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But every time I’m on top, something brings me down.

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Poor judgment.

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Poor decision-making.

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Drugs.

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Alcohol.

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Women.

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All of it.

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All of it keeps me from staying at the top.

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It brings me back.

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Back to when I was a kid.

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Back to when I had those people in my life who loved me.

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Now what?

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Now I just got leeches.

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People feeding themselves off me.

They don’t care about me.

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They never did.

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They cared about what I could do for them.

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How much money I could make them.

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And what did they give me in return?

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All the money in the world.

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All the drugs in the world.

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All the girls in the world.

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But then what?

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Then what did I end up with?

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I ended up alone.

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By myself.

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Battling my demons.

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Only my demons never left.

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They were always there.

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Have always been there.

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Only now I’ve let them go.

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Let them disappear.

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Let myself realize that my ego was destroying me this whole time.

It got me to the top.

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But it also brought me to the bottom.

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I believed I was invincible.

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But I realized I was only human.

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Sad that it only took my whole life to figure that out.

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We all will die one day.

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And one day none of this will matter.

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You won’t.

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I won’t.

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None of us won’t.

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But what did we get to do while we were here?

What impact did we get to have?

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What choices did we make?

Why did we make a fool of ourselves?

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Why did we let our vices consume us?

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Why did we let addiction take over?

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Only god knows.

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But we’re here.

Today.

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Alive.

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Present.

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Able to watch the birds fly high.

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These are just some thoughts I had while watching Tyson, the documentary on Netflix.

What an incredible story.

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An insane story.

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A heartbreaking story.

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And an inspiring story.

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Iron Mike, you will be remembered forever.

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Not because of what you did in the ring.

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But because of the journey you took to get to today.

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Thanks for sharing.

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And reminding the world.

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We’re all battling demons.

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