Episode 27

We were there!  Nats Win! Nats Win! Nats Win!  Those are hard words for an Astros fan (which I am).  But what made it easier was getting to know some of the families of the players and their amazing stories of perseverance and grit!  

 We may not have choices about the things that happen around us or to us, but we all have choices about how we handle the challenges and obstacles that come our way.  

We are blessed to have had season tickets to the Houston Astro's this year which allowed us to be at the home games of the World Series.  Our seats are actually right in front of the visiting family's seats.  We usually sit in front of the visiting pitchers' family.  Some teams have great fans and families and others... not so much!  The Washington Nationals have great fans and families.  We got to hear some great storylines of some of the star players on the nationals.  While they were our enemy on the baseball field, I became a fan of their resilience and perseverance off the field.  

(As you listen today you can tell I was suffering from a  World series Loss hangover.  That is why we say this podcast is about real life, uncut and unedited.  Correction in the podcast; Sherzer was injured and had to sit out game 5, Stausberg was voted MVP of the series)

Life Happens!  You hear me say this often.  It is the unexpected moments that come our way and how we handle them that defines and speaks into our character.  Maj. General Bob Dees has written several books on Resilient Leadership.  He talks about the warrior.  He shared that warriors prepare for battle and understand that when in the battle they WILL be hit, knocked down, face defeat.  No one steps into a boxing ring thinking they will never get punched!  The issues is not getting hit, knocked down or punched, the issue is are you going to get back up?  Often easy to say but not as easy to do... I understand from my own experiences.

In today's episode, we talk about this and those things that help us to get back up.  

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The Arena from Theodore Roosevelt

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

Until Next Time...

Believing Your Best Is Yet To Comer!

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