Well, today is preparation day for game #2 for our tiny hometown sectional participants...and a few of them have a final in school today too...oh ...boy! I am nervous for them...this means EVERYTHING to them...and you cannot help but take on some of that energy..so the preaching begins "don't be too over-confident, keep the negative emotions out of the game, talk it up out there, stay awake, and every opponent is going to be harder to beat..etc, etc." We've had ALL the conversations. Communication is key in any successful team.
You have to know each others strengths and weaknesses, and be able to count on the fact that your team-mates are gonna give it their ALL, ALL THE TIME....and understand that errors will be made, but no one is perfect. So at the same time you depend upon your team-mates, there has to also be room for human error. Shake it off, move forward. As long as you have done your very personal BEST and you give it all you've got...there is no shame in the game, not at all...there is always room for improvment in anything...we never stop learning and growing as individuals or as a team...it is my wish that THIS team continues to grow and play with grace and integrity, that they stay tough in the eyes of adversity, that they see beyond the label of "winner or loser", they keep their reputation and character intact and that none of them falter in the committment they have made to one another because THIS is what people will remember anyway....HOW the game is played.
When it is all said and done...years down the road, the conversation will probably be less about whether the "trophy was taken" or not. It will more than likely be more about the tenacity of the fight for something you want SO badly that you exhibit that winning attitude even in the face of loss, you hold your head up high KNOWING that you DESERVED to be there. This is the MEANINGFUL part of the game, doing your best, playing fair/good sportsmanship, covering your team-mates, putting your ALL into it..nothing held back and "balls to the wall." :)
"There is NOTHING more dangerous than somebody who is making a come-back" T.D. Jakes.
Good day to you all...enjoy the beautiful weather...hug your kids...and always LET the people you LOVE KNOW that you love them..that's all it takes, one life at a time to touch, and the world WILL begin to follow.
Blessings,
Signing today....Winner.
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