Tonight I just came from a basketball tournament sponsored by our local barangay. It’s only the second game in our league but I could already feel my complete anatomy asking for an overhaul. I’ve got a bruised right shoulder, a nagging left shoulder, a head bump, sprained pinkies, an aching left heel, a malfunctioning left knee and a case of tennis elbow. I just recently turned 35 this April but I definitely feel like 55 in basketball years. I definitely have reason to believe that people like me should be made shareholders of Alaxan. In Accounting parlance I am now what you might call “fully depreciated!”
Going home I thought “is it just a matter of time before I hang up my sneakers?”
Sometimes I look at myself and ask how could I allow my body to take up so much beating? How could I have subjected myself to all this physical agony? And to think this is just a basketball game. Heck I’m not even paid to this!
Answer; because I chose to.
If you have ever tried to look up the word “PASSION” It is rooted from the word “suffering.” For you to be passionate about something you are willing to suffer for it, or someone. Sans any consequence of pain, discomfort or dislocation, you are disposed to go after it no matter what.
I am passionate about everything that I do, and I am willing to suffer for it.
And that leads me to one important point. After all the bumps and scrapes and pains, there is one thing that I will never have that came out of doing things that I love – REGRETS!
I don’t regret diving for the ball, or that loose possession, even if it meant getting an elbow, knee and headbutt in the process. I don’t regret acquiring the pain during the entire process, because pain only signifies for me that I worked my butt off up to the last buzzer; no holding back, no what if’s.
This is my same philosophy wherever I go and whatever I do. Walk away with no regrets! Because you poured out your heart and your guts during that sales presentation; you showed your true metal during that heated negotiation; you showed poise during that very detailed report.
Walk away with no regrets.
You know you gutted yourself out for it. Hold your head up high.
Once you embrace this fact you can eventually look back at your life and say to yourself “I worked hard, I played hard and I prayed harder! I can honestly say I lived a full life”
Do not let regrets take the place of your dreams. So go out there and work your heart out!
What are you passionate about?
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