Don’t Give Up!
The immortal football coach of the Green bay Packers Vince Lombardi, once said to his players “Fatigue will make cowards of us all” He was encouraging his team to give even more effort in practice, even though they were exhausted. So that during a game, when they were once again drained of almost all of their energy; they would find a way to dig deeper and win. When we spend most of our energy, it can be a challenge to keep on going. One thing Lombardi didn’t mention, but was perhaps implied. Football is a violent physical sport which takes an enormous amount of energy to play. However, as I said a while ago, it is also very mental. I think he was also inferring that when we get so tired we want to quit, it is our mind that wants to throw in the towel. (boxing reference).
And so it is in many of our of lives, that we who do not overexert ourselves physically, get exhausted as well. We may put in a lot of mental and emotional energy to create our desires. Only to come up short of our goals and dreams. This can be just as exhausting as some extreme physical task. So as Coach Lombardi so aptly put it ” fatigue can make cowards of us all” Meaning we give up on our dreams. We give so much to our passion and it sometimes crashes and burns! The key to Lombardi’s success is, that his Sunday football games were won on Monday through Friday on their practice field. Let those of us who still have dreams and goals to achieve, continue to persevere. Let us know that if we do not give up on our passion and keep on practicing, we will win our own personal Super Bowl.
I wish for you all to find the energy, courage and strength to push on through to our dreams. From my never quitting heart to yours, Thomas