By Rusty Potter
When I was a teenager in Gilbert, we didn’t have an antenna on our TV, so I would walk over to a buddy’s house to watch wrestling on their floor-model-colored TV. That big wooden box would light up the room with body slams and flying elbows, but there was one wrestler who had my full attention every time – the One Man Gang.
He did not just wrestle one person – he took on several. He would come into the ring like a storm, fists flying, never backing down. He was what you call self-sufficient. He didn’t need a tag team. He was the tag team. He didn’t wait for help. He was the help.
Life, too will sometimes feel like a wrestling ring. Bills in one corner. Health problems in another. Doubts and discouragement climbing over the ropes. It can feel like you’re fighting five things at once. It can feel unfair. Overwhelming. Heavy. Life happens to all of us. It doesn’t ask if we’re ready. It’s in those moments that we have to become our own “one-man gang”. We have to reach deep inside and fight and find the strength to keep fighting, even when no one else is there. We have to stop waiting for someone to save us. The cavalry is not coming. It’s up to us to face our challenges head-on to be our rescue team.
Those problems may think they are fighting many men. They may come one after the other, thinking they’ll wear you down. But eventually, life learns something powerful: that they are up against a One-Man Gang.
You.
They are up against someone who doesn’t quit. Someone who does not back down. Someone who’s an army of one.
Being self-sufficient doesn’t mean you don’t need anybody – it means you’ve developed the strength, the faith, and the mindset to keep standing, even when help is late or doesn’t come at all. It means you’re ready to fight smart, pray hard, and push forward.
You may be tired. You may be alone in the ring. But you are still in the fight.
So next time life tries to throw everything at you, let it know, it’s not just facing any man. It’s facing a One Man Gang. Today, if you’re facing something hard, remember the One Man Gang. Be your hero. Be strong. Be relentless. The world might throw punches, but you’ve got to keep swinging – even if it’s just you in the ring.
