There is no doubt about it, we ALL fall short! But more often than not, our most meaningful successes derive from our most difficult challenges.

Now that BYU has fallen down, they’ll need to pick themselves up and make adjustments to make sure it doesn’t happen again. With a BYU loss, despite a good performance from The Jimmer, the rest of the BYU basketball team has to brush itself off and decide to make a difference.
My father raised me with a mindset of: “If it doesn’t kill you, it’s making you stronger”. Being a competitive person and growing up with a brother who was two years older than me, there were multiple times when I ended up getting thrown to the ground in a game of football or getting smashed while wrestling. But no matter how much I was in pain, my father—instead of coddling me—would ask, “Are you bleeding? Is anything broken?...No, then you’re okay”. Instead of making excuses for me, he challenged me to get better. This made me a better competitor with my brother and an even greater competitor with kids my own age.
Instead of avoiding challenges, think of them as an opportunity to do something amazing. More often than not, you’ll be surprised at how much you CAN DO. To all the “BYUs” out there and kids with older brothers take Mother Theresa advice, "Life is a challenge, meet it."
P.S. this blog post had nothing to do with my last blog post being in October, my computer must have deleted all my posts ;)
We believe in you Jimmer!
ReplyDeleteNice post... :) I feel the same.
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