You Don’t Suck!
Sitting at the restaurant I look up at the TV, and I see the Olympics is on. I see it is the water portion and the race is already rolling. I look back at my food and take a bite, when I hear someone from the table behind me scream…. “YOU SUCK!”
I sit back in my chair and look up at the screen and see a few people in the pool celebrating victory, and others feeling defeat. I look at the guy who yelled and he is frothing at the mouth. “Must have lost some money,” I tell my wife. She just looks at me and shakes her head.
If he thinks the top athletes in the world that have trained their entire life suck, what does he think of other people? Does he think we all suck?
The truth is there will be times in our life when we do suck at something. That is ok — we are beginners and we need to get through that stage, but these athletes don’t suck they are some of the top in the world.
You don’t either, you may suck at a thing because you are new… but you don’t suck!
It is time for us to come together and celebrate those that show up, and put the work in. There is a time for coaching, and yelling “YOU SUCK” isn’t going to make the world any better. Respecting other efforts is the first in respecting yourself. You want to win, help others, and celebrate the victories of all and respect those in defeat.
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