The true
measure of a man is when nothing goes right and yet he still stays the course.
We live in an unfair world.
We need to get over it.
Anyone who has ever lived knows that life seldom goes the
way we plan it to go. A great example of
this a football player named Leon Bright.
Leon was a backup running back for the Giants in the
1980’s. What I remember most about him
was that while attempting to field punts, on two separate occasions, he got
obliterated by opposing tacklers. In
both cases the opponent hit him before the ball got to him. In hindsight, he probably just should have signaled
for a fair catch.
On both occasions, he got his clock cleaned and lay knocked
out on the turf, while the medical staff scurried to assist him. Both times he got carried off the field with
his head strapped to wooden board as they whisked him off to the locker room
and probably then to the hospital. Poor Leon
must have not been feeling so Bright.
The reason I bring up Leon Bright and his misfortunes is
that sometimes life seems to cheat. It
plays dirty, roughs us up, hurts our feelings and doesn’t even apologize. The answer is to get back up when life and its
cruel uncertainties knock us down.
Now, sometimes you have to wait for the fog to lift after
you get hit, but dog-gone it, get back up. Don’t let life steal your will to
live because it is not for sale.
Life is not
about fair catches, but rather what we do with each day God grants us.
Swavel
