Tonight, I made time to go to a hockey game. I hadn't done it in a while, and I used to go alot. It was fun to get away and do that for myself. But, I had a thought while I was there watching the players working SO HARD to get the puck. They battled every step in the game, which they would ultimately lose.However, none of that effort was lost. Why? Every second that they are playing, they are experiencing and learning and becoming a better player. Every success along the way was a good success, even if they would have a zero score at the end. It reminds me of what I used to say about baseball players. The VERY BEST batters still had a batting percentage of hitting the ball less than half of the times that they stepped up to the plate. Yet, I don't think that anyone would call them failures.
We are nearing the time of the Olympics, which inspired me in a recent playlist to have a video that showed athletes failing and falling, before it showed them succeeding. Every athlete knows that you must practice to get better.. you must go out there and try and learn. How true that is for so many parts of our lives. Further, it should teach us that not only should we give ourselves grace but give grace to those around us to be free to safely fail, as well.
Lately, there have been some days that feel like everything is humming along a new foundation and path of new growth. Other days, it feels like I go from one challenge to another. However, what I want you to keep in mind as I do is this... none of that should change your discipline to continue to move forward. It's like days at the gym. It is often the days that you do not feel like going that you will have the greatest impact, if you do. So, our choice to growth and improve and learn and move forward should have nothing to do with how it feels. Feelings can be deceptive. If you know it is right, ignore your feelings and keep moving one foot in front of another. Your feelings will swing back, soon enough.
So, that is my short blog of the night. Always keep moving forward and learning and improving, whether it is a pleasant day or hard, whether you have a chorus of support or stand alone... in season or out of season... if you keep at it, you will improve. If you don't, you will make a habit of quitting and never end up reaching any goal. I hope you keep growing and improving in your own life. I'm rooting for you in the good days and the bad. You'll get there, if you do not quit.
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