REFLECTIONS

**** JUST THINKING

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE TO BE THIS OLD . NEITHER DID A BUNCH OF DOCTORS AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT .

MOST FOLKS IN MEDINA BET I WOULDN'T LIVE TO SEE TWENTY FIVE . THAT WAS BECAUSE OF HARD LIVING . YOU MIGHT SAY I DANCED EVERY DANCE .

I DIDN'T WANT  LIFE TO END AND ME NOT HAVE LIVED . SO I TRIED TO DRINK LIFE TO THE LAST DROP .

A WISE OLD LADY TOLD ME ,DON'T DO ANYTHING BAD BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET OLD IT WILL BOTHER YOU .

I DON'T KNOW WHAT SECRETES SHE WAS HIDING BUT SHE WAS RIGHT . THE SKELETONS  DO TEND TO RATTLE.

I SURE DO REGRET SOME THINGS AND WISH I COULD MAKE AMENDS .

ALL THIS MAKES ME AWARE OF THE MARVEL OF THE LORD'S GRACE. HOW DEEP IT IS

THE LORD IS SO GOOD TO ME . HE LET ME SPEND MOST OF A LIFE IN TEACHING AND SPORTS . THE LORD LET ME WORK WITH ALL THOSE TEAMS AND PLAYERS, SUCH A BLESSING .

BUT IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO LEARN THAT HOW MUCH WE WON DID NOT REALLY MATTER . IT IS THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE HELPING THAT COUNTS .

YOU SHOULD NOT MEASURE THE WINNING & LOSING AS MUCH AS THE TRYING & BECOMING . IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO LEARN  THAT IT WAS NOT ME VS SOMEONE-ELSE  BUT ME VS ME .

DID I DO MY BEST TO BE THE BEST I COULD BE ?

A WINNER IS ONE WHO GIVES MAXIMUM EFFORT ,  WHAT THE SCOREBOARD SAYS IS IMMATERIAL.

I WAS A MUCH BETTER TEACHER/COACH AT 56 THAN I WAS AT 26 . BECAUSE  I KEPT THESE THINGS IN MIND .

YOU SHOULD NOT FEEL PRESSURE OR BE STRESSED BECAUSE YOU ARE IN CONTROL . YOU CONTROL YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR ATTITUDE .

THOSE TWO FACTORS DETERMINE YOUR SUCCESS .  DID YOU GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT? IF SO YOU WON .

***** A FINAL THOUGHT

HAS THERE EVER IN YOUR LIFE BEEN SOMEONE YOU ARE SICK OF DEALING WITH ? SOMEONE THAT YOU WISH YOU WOULD NEVER SEE AGAIN .

THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT , MAKE YOU SO MAD , FAIL AGAIN & AGAIN

JUST WORTHLESS BEYOND HOPE , TOTALLY DISGUSTING .

THEN I WONDER IF THIS IS HOW JESUS FEELS WHEN HE SEES ME . HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO TO.

BUT THERE IS WHERE THAT WONDERFUL LOVE & GRACE KICKS IT .