What Life Is About To Me
To me these are the three parts of life:
Relationships
I believe that
what life is really about is how we treat other people. Therefore I must deal
with ever person that I come in contact with honestly, fairly and as I would
like to be treated. I must ignore bias, prejudice, and my own ignorance and
treat everyone kindly. I also believe that we are all connected, everyone in the
world and I hope my treating the few people that I come in contact with correct
will have a ripple effect through the world.
Doing Your Best
As far as we know we only get one shot at this short life so do not waste
it. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret. This will help you to be come the best
you can be. We all have different potentials, you may not be able to be the best
at something, but you can make the most your God given talents and be the best
you can be.
Defeating the
beast
Defeat the Beast is a theme that is central to every
challenge, to every objective, I have taken on in like or athletics. The Beast
simply, represents the bad and the negative that is forever trying to triumph
against an individual. I’m speaking about human forces when I talk about the
need to defeat an internal Beast that lets us accept failure, that wants us to
give up or give in, that urges us to take the easy way out and fall prey to
weakness as opposed to seeing us prevail because of our inherent strength and
character.
It is a life long battle to defeat the beast. If confronts us
in every facet of our lives. IT has been my battle each and every day to get
control over a force that has had me in its grip all to many times. Despite the
fact that the Beast is forever with us, we can and must prevail against it. I
know this because I do. Time and time again I win. The column has a few marks on
its side, yes, but it is coming back from those defeats that brings peace and
happiness to my life. The Beast wants to destroy my self-discipline and keep me
from making a commitment that is critical to my development.
We can minimize the Beast’s effects upon us. Life is filled, and remains filled,
with daily challenges. I must keep winning against a Beast that will never back
down. You must call on your own personal levels of strength and determination.
The Life Cycle
Dying is just as much a part of life as birth. I hope to
live to be an old man who dies in my sleep surround by a wonderful family with
lots of kids and grandkids. When it come to my funeral I would want my family,
players, and friends to share tears of happiness. Let them all remember the good
time while we were together. On of my personal standards in life was to not
embarrass or hurt anyone with words or actions. If I did, please accept my
apology.
I would like to be remembered as a family man, father and
grandfather who loved his family, friends, profession, and life in general. I
pray that what little I could contribute to our society would help make the
place we live in a little better. I challenge my family, players, and friends
whom I love so much to do the same thing. You can do it. Love your family and
your neighbors as I love mine. Commit yourself to do something good for others.
The last coaching point is to teach the world what the word
"Responsibility" means by your actions. It means knowing and doing what God and
other expect of me. None of us are larger than any other person in the eyes of
God as we are all his children.
Problems in Life
I think the two things that cause major problems for
myself and other people in this world. The first is lack of discipline when it
comes to picking a great
delayed
gratification over a lesser instant gratification. We have been come the NOW
society where everyone wants things instantly instead of being willing to work
for them. The second is lack of unwillingness to make a commitment. This is the
age of no commitment, 1 out of 1.8
marriages end in divorce and 40 out of 100 quit the military.
learmanj@msu.edu