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Thursday, April 1st, 2010Phoenix Mercury provides powerful life lesson Valiente
I'm a fan happy. My favorite team, the Phoenix Mercury, recently won the National Women Basketball Association title. As I watched the games, I was taken mostly for the thrill of cheering for the home team. But the next day, I thought on how these gifted athletes ever to win a lesson on and off the court.
Each player Mercury is extremely talented. But any fan sport knows that individual talent is not what wins championships. You should be able to work together as a unit highly tuned. I watched with amazement as the Mercury ran, passed and took photos with the elegance of a well-choreographed Broadway production.
This does not mean that everything is beautiful. These girls were called to the head, took the elbows to the face, only to charge forward and the muscle its way to the basket to make shots, grab rebounds and block shots for their worthy opponents, the Indiana Fever.
I do not know all the injuries that took place, but I know for a fact that Penny Taylor was playing with a broken finger and had a tooth knocked loose in a previous game. Cappie Poindexter was beaten in the eye and had to leave the game because he could not see. Fortunately, no damage was severe optic Cappie and returned with a vengeance, hitting diced important at crucial moments, despite a swollen black eye. Diana Taurasi always plays as if it were the last minutes of his life. I do not know what injuries he suffered, but the way that attacks the game, I'm sure back home with more than its fair share of power cuts and bruises.
As I was taking a walk the day after the championship I thought about how the game reflects life. These girls were knocked down, beaten, and yet kept on running. They did not let the losses, pain, the possibility of significant injury or any other factor deterring them from their goal. Cappie Poindexter When I go back to court, actually a grimace of pain. I thought their eyes and all the elbows flying. I was very concerned about his welfare. And then, as if he could read my thoughts, he answered by whistling an empty basket, but the network.
Point is that all face difficulties. And they all hit in the buttocks from time to time. You can move forward with courage, tiptoe with caution, or shrink into a corner. The choice is ours. But the winners, either within or outside the court, are not shy about life.
To do this on a personal level because I was thinking in the game, and what I was going to write about it, I spent a neighbor and his dog. We exchanged "good morning" without breaking stride. I spent the woman to her left (the dog was on the right), then his German shepherd turned around and bit me on my thigh.
This was a shock to me and I did not go to pet the dog, I was in a commodity not fearful mood, and did nothing to provoke an attack. I informed the woman of his dog had just bitten me. Long time I knew the dog was up to date on her shots, had never bitten anyone. Lucky me. If I were to be the first for something that would prefer something less painful.
Anyway, the owner, a nurse, told me how to care for the wound and left. I guess I should have got your name and phone number, but I was more concerned about the care of the business in hand. Fortunately, all is well. It was rather a blow from a stick, my tetanus shot is up to date, and I'll be fine.
But the next day I did not want to go for a walk.
Then I thought of the Phoenix Mercury. What if Penny Taylor, who knocked in 14 points the last game, decided to sit out the game and nurse their wounds? What would have happened if Cappie Poindexter decided to go shopping to find a pair of glasses sunglasses to hide his chub courage instead of accumulating 24 points? Who could have predicted the outcome if Diana Taurasi, said, "enough is enough" and went to the bath instead of driving to the basket?
And I would drop in my duties if I did not mention the contributions outstanding in the entire list of DeWanna Bonner, Temeka Johnson, Nicole Ohlde, Brooke Smith, Tangelo Smith, Swani Le'Coe Willingham and Keti.
It is easy to be optimistic when everything is going well. True strength of our character is how one reacts to adversity. One of my favorite quotes from the movie "A League of Their Own" When the star baseball Dottie Hinson, wants to leave the team.
Jimmy Dugan: Shit, Dottie, if you want to return to Oregon and make a hundred babies, great, I'm not able to tell anyone how to live. But sneak in this way, stop smoking, you will regret for the rest of his life. Baseball's what gets inside you. It's what lights up, no one can deny that.
Dottie Hinson: It's just that I have too.
Jimmy Dugan: It is supposed to be hard! If it was not hard, everyone would do. The hard is what becomes large.
All we want an easy life, but if we think of the things we are most proud, is not won easily, is the time when fought and won to bring us the greatest satisfaction.
In my book, Clear the negativity and embrace the magic within, I interviewed men and women that overcame adversity and opted for a more optimistic life. They could have resigned, but did not. So unless I want to be a hypocrite, I have to practice what they preach, or write. I'm going to end this story and now go get my shoes. It's time for a walk.
About the Author
Sally Marks is the president of Marks Public Relations and the co-author of the self-help book, Erase Negativity and Embrace the Magic Within. Check out her blog at www.erasenegativity.blogspot.com.
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