The Eternal Revolution

Weightlifting is a physical manifestation of what I call the "Eternal Revolution." When I speak of revolution I don't necessarily mean a revolution like we think of when we consider Hollywood. I'm thinking of something that is much more grand, like the American Revolution and those who pushed it along.
In the beginning of the American Revolution I think that most scholars would agree that the majority of the inhabitants of the colonies would've rather just put up with the harassment of the British Government and stayed British. But there were those few who saw the truth. There were those few who saw the potential for freedom. There were those who could see the iceberg and tell you exactly how big it was. It is in their spirit that I speak of "Revolution."
The founding fathers had the ability to turn mole hills into mountains. They knew the long term consequences of the tyranny that Britain was imposing upon them and their countrymen. Even if the majority of the people couldn't see it they knew that they had to act, and so it is in our sport.
There are so many things that can go wrong at any given moment in any given lift. Let's say that while you are extending through on your pull that your shoulders end up behind the bar a fraction of a second too early. What happens? Well you probably end up with an attractive bruise on your pelvic bone, your bar path will look like you're trying to make smoke signals, and if I'm around you;ll probably get a look that says more than words.
So what if it happens ONCE or even TWICE? Well it matters because in the words of Kirksman Teo, "If you're not learning perfection you're learning imperfection." This is not something that is acceptable, and why would you want to waste your time getting worse?
Was it necessary to throw the tea into Boston Harbor? Maybe not but they got their point across and no one has forgotten it. Which is the way that we need to approach the way that we are lifting, training, and living. We are all going to make mistakes. That mistake may only result in a missed lift that literally no one sees because you are lifting alone. On the other hand it may result in a blown back and knees. So we must be hyperactive in our progress. That doesn't mean that we need to be throwing up a PR every other day but it does mean that we need to be perfecting everything that we can perfect. Your snatch may not be perfect now or ever but that doesn't mean that your starting position can't be perfect every time that you address the bar. Your clean might not be perfect but that doesn't mean your front rack can't be. For that matter your life might not be perfect or anything every remotely close to it but that doesn't mean that your commitment to excellence shouldn't be.
The fact is there will always be deficiencies in everything that we do and this is something that we should all be celebrating because we can break everything we do inside and outside of the gym into infinitely small pieces to be perfected one at a time. That's what keeps me under the bar, no matter now imperfect I am or my day was, I can be perfect at something.