Well said John. Sports, especially team sports, are great places to learn life lessons for youngsters. We have to protect the things that we hold dear and that build strong communities or they will be gone before we know it. Time for all of us to wake up and decide what we stand for.
So true Greg. I remember when you were playing for Australia, and you were the team Captain and you had a run of "outs", just lost your confidence and your flow. The whole nation sat in anguish. It was as if we all went through the fear, the challenges, the emotions of it all, together. And when you finally broke through, the joy that went through the country was deeply palpable. The same thing happens for families and friends at a local level, when a loved one is experiencing struggle on the sporting field. It is a journey through what seems like the valley of death that everyone takes together. Then there is a break through and everyone celebrates.
Wonderful writing JT. Far from angry and upset, your contemplations are fully supportive of my own moral code . The commentaries that accompany my daily Bible Readings tell me there are hundreds of articulate substackers like you ,all trying to lead by example and the best example is expressed in the first 2 Commandments of God. These Commandments apply to every second of our lives and do involve TOUGH LOVE. SvG
Well said John. Sports, especially team sports, are great places to learn life lessons for youngsters. We have to protect the things that we hold dear and that build strong communities or they will be gone before we know it. Time for all of us to wake up and decide what we stand for.
So true Greg. I remember when you were playing for Australia, and you were the team Captain and you had a run of "outs", just lost your confidence and your flow. The whole nation sat in anguish. It was as if we all went through the fear, the challenges, the emotions of it all, together. And when you finally broke through, the joy that went through the country was deeply palpable. The same thing happens for families and friends at a local level, when a loved one is experiencing struggle on the sporting field. It is a journey through what seems like the valley of death that everyone takes together. Then there is a break through and everyone celebrates.
Wonderful writing JT. Far from angry and upset, your contemplations are fully supportive of my own moral code . The commentaries that accompany my daily Bible Readings tell me there are hundreds of articulate substackers like you ,all trying to lead by example and the best example is expressed in the first 2 Commandments of God. These Commandments apply to every second of our lives and do involve TOUGH LOVE. SvG
Amen to that Sue.