From the Brickyard | Subject: Your mind. Your spirit. Your mission. Protected or poisoned—it’s your choice
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You train your body. You fuel it with purpose.
You sweat, suffer, and sharpen the blade.
But what about your mind?
What about your soul?
Too many men are physically fit—but mentally weak, spiritually lost, emotionally broken.
Why?
Because they don’t guard their gates.
1. Everything You Let In Is Building Something—Or Tearing It Down
You are what you consume.
And I’m not just talking food, brother—I’m talking inputs.
- That show you binge every night? It’s building apathy.
- That toxic relationship you won’t cut off? It’s feeding insecurity and self-doubt.
- That endless scroll of comparison, chaos, and clickbait? It’s slowly draining your fire.
Every input either becomes a brick, or tears one out.
The question is—are you building or tearing down?
2. Your Mind Is a Fortress—Not a Dumpster
You wouldn’t let someone dump trash on your front lawn.
So why let them do it in your head?
- Doomscrolling news that leaves you anxious and angry?
- Porn that sucks your soul?
- Music that glorifies numbness, ego, and fake power?
- Friends who talk big but live small?
- Inner thoughts that whisper, “You’ll never be enough”?
Every single one is a breach in your wall.
Every one chips away at your discipline, your drive, your beast.
You’re in a war, brother.
And the enemy enters through the gates you refuse to guard.
3. Feed the Flame, Not the Fog
The Musclebuilder doesn’t just build his body.
He builds a life. A code. A stronghold.
That means every input must serve the mission.
Fuel the fire. Sharpen the sword.
Consume content that teaches, strengthens, and awakens.
Surround yourself with voices that call you up, not out.
Fill your ears with truth.
Fill your mind with clarity.
Fill your soul with conviction.
Spend time in stillness, not just stimulation.
Read the kind of books that echo in your soul.
Talk to people who challenge your comfort—not your purpose.
4. Protect the Mission at All Costs
This world will feed you trash and call it a treat.
It’ll numb you and sell you comfort as success.
But not you.
Not anymore.
You’re not just training for a physique.
You’re building a legacy.
You’re forging a mind that won’t bend.
A spirit that won’t break.
A mission that won’t die.
Guard your gates.
What enters, stays.
What stays, shapes.
What shapes, becomes you.
Choose wisely, brother.
Final Word
It’s not just about lifting weights.
It’s about carrying the responsibility of becoming the man you were meant to be.
That starts by watching what comes in.
Because what you consume…consumes you right back.
Consume carefully.
Brick by brick.
-Brickwall