I always enjoyed competitive sports. One thing competitive sports taught me is to never quit, never give up. There are a myriad of examples of athletes coming from behind to win. There are a myriad of examples of athletes overcoming incredible odds to win. Those that do, reach deep into their reservoir of strength to not give up. They understand that the contest is not over until the final whistle is blown. They refuse to quit. They offer us a great lesson for all aspects of our lives. Don’t quit, don’t ever give up, keep digging in and giving it all you’ve got. You may surprise everyone.
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Today’s Positive Thought ~ Peace is Always Beautiful
“Peace is always beautiful (Walt Whitman).” It’s not healthy to work in an environment where one has to worry about his or her emotional or physical safety. It’s not healthy to live in a world where leaders believe that war and destruction is better than living in harmony and peaceful competition. Working for peace is hard work. It takes courage to listen to different ideas. It takes courage to let go of past grievances. It takes courage to let go the myths that hang around our necks like anchors. If we have the courage to do so, peace is possible and how beautiful peace will be.
Think About It
We give our hopes freely to sports teams. They may be teams in professional leagues, college teams, or national teams. We experience moments of euphoria when they win and moments of depression when they lose. We take losses personal. Players and coaches of winning teams are praised and players and coaches of losing teams are criticized. One thing I am certain, no player or coach wakes up thinking, “I want to lose this game/match.” They wake up filled with excitement for the competition. The competition is a good assessment of which team is the better team at a certain moment. Each morning when we enter our day normal people don’t set a goal of making the day the worse day ever. Every normal person wants a good day. As we work ourselves through the day we compete with the challenges that come our way. How we handle the challenges is our measure for the moment. When we fail, we only fail in that moment. If we get up and start over, learn our lessons, we may discover that we are victorious over our next challenge.
