keeping it simple

I had posted a short time ago about my awakening the "inner warrior" the athelete that is in us all. That side of us that drives us towards our goals be them professional or personal. Far to many of us have allowed that side of us to get buried with stress, things not going our way and negativity as well as "life" in general. I to allowed this to happen but as the pounds came off very successfully I must admit I got back in touch with this "inner warrior" of mine. It happened quite abruptly for me and it was the oddest sensation as I had not felt that rush of passion and aggression in a long long time. There are many things in life I am passioante about, hard work (which I firmly believe in day in and day out), my family, my wife, and my son. I would die for my beleifs and I have always had an extraordinary drive towards acheiving the goals I have set for myself. I guess this is why I have almost always landed in a supervisory role for others and I led by example for them all. Now I am seeking to lead by example again for the mens group I started and by helping anyone whom asks it of me.
Here is one thing that my grandfather passed onto me when I was a teenager and wrapped up in the drama of being a teenager (my father tried to teach me this but it fell on deaf ears until I heard the words from my grandfather) I was complaining about "woman" problems and he simply smiled and in he simply said "keep it simple stupid, live life by that and you will be happy". At the moment in time I laughed at him and though it is not that simple and yet it was. It took me some time to really allow that to sink into my head. A week, a month, not to sure how long it was but it did sink in.
Now I worked out extensively in high school and into my university years trying to attain that adonis body, like a body builder to mirror the inner strength that I felt. I had limited success because I missed out on the key element which as diet. I was taking protein powders, creatine, and a whole host of other crap to get to that goal which in the end failed. Why did I fail? Well simple as it was, it was diet. So here I sit at my desk 27 pounds lighter in a 3 month period and thinking that I allowed life to get complicated and when I made that decision to start getting back to basics and "keeping it simple" that I awakened that "inner warrior".
Sorry if it seems I am rambling but the next post is the awakening of that inner warrior.