For anyone out there who has struggled or is struggling with an addiction or some other compulsive, self-destructive behavior, there IS hope, no matter how deep the hole may have been dug. In fact, for most sports fans it is where it has always been; remarkably close to home, so to speak.
In the sports themselves.
Anyone who has ever played a competitive team sport will remember the lessons learned through things like belief, preparation, effort, perserverance and teamwork. Sports teach discipline and commitment. They build work ethics and character. They are such perfect metaphors for Life, in fact, that they even show us how to deal with the inevitable failures and disappointments we all will encounter on our journeys. Perhaps the most important message they convey is that failing is nothing to be ashamed of; everyone's done it.
It's what you do after failing that will make or break you.
In the sports themselves.
Anyone who has ever played a competitive team sport will remember the lessons learned through things like belief, preparation, effort, perserverance and teamwork. Sports teach discipline and commitment. They build work ethics and character. They are such perfect metaphors for Life, in fact, that they even show us how to deal with the inevitable failures and disappointments we all will encounter on our journeys. Perhaps the most important message they convey is that failing is nothing to be ashamed of; everyone's done it.
It's what you do after failing that will make or break you.
PS: Stay tuned. More on this man and his alternately inspiring and harrowing story soon to come. A must-read for anyone fighting the disease of chemical dependency - and many who are not.
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