This is inspired by my friend and mentor Coach John Davies.
Overcoming Adversity
That's pretty much the heart of the matter,
Life is all about overcoming adversity. We all must do it, or suffer and perish.
Whether it's health issues, financial woes, relationship crisis, we all face challenges
big and small. It's how we handle these situations that makes the difference in our
lives. As my friend, and mentor John Davies says "Do you get up off the canvas
when you get knocked down." Do you? Are we teaching that in schools? Do
people even have a sense of that anymore? It seems like it's gone by the wayside
in society today. We are not teaching people to overcome adversity. We are
teaching people that it's ok to complain, blame others, to not take responsibility for
their lives. A society of blame. "It's the economy!" It's my parents fault!" "If it wasn't
for my boss, teachers, wife, husband, kids, president, friends, girlfriend, boyfriend,
job, coworkers, genetics, brothers, sisters, and on and on it goes.
Let's take the higher road. Let's resolve to look adversity in the face, and say "You
may knock me down, but you won't keep me down!"
thanks for reading,
Jason
somewhere in the mountains, UT
Monday, December 8, 2008
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"Taking the high road" would most definitely include loving your father and siblings enough to talk to them, even if just to say goodbye.
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