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First Game

pointguard — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:33:44 +0000

This is your first game, my child.
I hope you win.
I hope you win for your sake, not mine.
Because winning’s nice.
It’s a good feeling.
Like the whole world is yours.
But, it passes, this feeling.
And what lasts is what you’ve learned.

And what you learn about is life.
That’s what sports is all about. Life.
The whole thing is played out
in one afternoon.
The happiness of life.
The miseries.
The joys.
The heartbreaks.

There’s no telling what’ll turn up.
There’s no telling whether they’ll toss you
out in the first five minutes or whether
you’ll stay in for the long haul.

There’s no telling how you’ll do.
You might be a hero
or you might be absolutely nothing.
There’s just no telling.
Too much depends on chance.
On how the ball bounces.

I’m not talking about the game.
I’m talking about life.

But, it’s life that the game is all about.

Because every game is life.
And life is every game.
A serious game.
Dead serious.

But, that’s what you do with serious things.
You do your best.
You take what comes.
You take what comes and you run with it.

Winning is fun.
Sure.
But winning is not the point.

Wanting to win is the point.
Not giving up is the point.
Never being satisfied
with what you’ve done is the point.
Never letting up is the point.
Never letting anyone down is the point.

Play to win.
Sure.
But lose like a champion.
Because it’s not winning that counts.
What counts is trying.
Author Unknown

Thanks Teri for sharing…

Obtacles & Spirit

jpickar — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:26:25 +0000

“Obstacles are challenges for winners and excuses for losers.”
-Gentlehands by M.E. Kerr

“It is a matter of spirit, not strength. It is a matter of doing your best each little moment. There’s never a break. You must have desire, a very intense desire to keep going.”
-Janet Guthrie

Thanks Rob A.

be4next is NOW

jpickar — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:23:54 +0000

be4neXt is NOW,
and now is the time
for change, and
to love, to live and to laugh.
-Justin Pickar

www.be4next.com

Be courteous to all…

jpickar — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:21:50 +0000

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”
- George Washington

A Discovery…

jpickar — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:07:02 +0000

“A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986), Hungarian Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine

PEOPLE COME INTO YOUR LIFE FOR A REASON

jpickar — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:43:36 +0000

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season!

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

- Unknown

Everything in moderation…

jpickar — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:43:35 +0000

“Everything in moderation; nothing in excess.”
- Ancient Greek adage

Happiness is not a possession to be prized.

jpickar — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:24:54 +0000

“Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
- Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989), English Novelist, Biographer, and Playwright

It Couldn’t Be Done

jpickar — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:14:59 +0000

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done. But he with a chuckle replied that “maybe it couldn’t”, but he would be one who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin on his face. If he worried he hit it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: “Oh you’ll never do that; at least no one ever has done it”; but he took off his coat and he took off his hat, and the firt thing we knew he’d begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, without any doubting or quiddit, he started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done. There are thousands to prophesy failure. There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, the dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin. Just take off your coat and go to it. Just start to sing as you tackle the thing that “Cannot be done”, and you’ll do it.
- Edgar A. Guest

Hang in there.

jpickar — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:10:55 +0000

“Hang in there. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
- Thomas Edison