Birthday tape vibe: in the burning heart
Little do people know, I love Sylvester Stallone movies. I grew up on them. Over the Top, Rambo and most of all Rocky movies. I was crushed when Mickey died in Rocky III. When Apollo decided to fight Drago in Rocky IV, I already knew it wasn’t going to end well.
Rocky IV might be my favorite Rocky movie. There is so much heart in the movie. Rocky moves to Russia and trains the old school way. He vows to avenge Apollo’s death. The scene where Rocky runs across a white terrain of snow is metaphorically what many people said 2019 was like for them. Tough. Uncomfortable. Never ending. Possibly all for nothing.
I might have been guilty of feeling this way, but I woke up this morning on the first day of the new decade, feeling differently. Sure I still feel like it was tough and uncomfortable, but it wasn’t all for nothing. 2019 was my white, snowy terrain. I had to learn how to live a new normal, a life where my dad was here in spirit vs. here physically.
Rocky trained for months for his Christmas Day fight with Ivan Drago. Well folks, 2020 is my Ivan Drago. I am ready to hustle hard this year. I can feel the adrenaline in my blood. I am ready to punch 2020 in the face. I am here to GIT ‘ER DONE.
Today’s playlist is simply two songs from the Rocky IV soundtrack. I get amped up every time I hear Burning Heart. I listened to it on the way into teach my first pilates class for the year. Take a listen, and get pumped up to tackle your Drago.
The Birthday Tapes 