How many of you are getting sucked down the YouTube portal or lost in the Google Machine today?
Right now, if you can sneak away from the mainstream media and the C-word (take your pick really, coronavirus...coughing...CDC....they're all just a CRAPSHOOT as to guess at which one is more triggering for some people at this point) you might be able to find some decent entertainment and/or education. We all know you're going to need it when you get into that, you know, other word that kind of sounds like it starts with a C but it's actually spelled with a Q -- QUARANTINE. So yeah, I did a little research today. And here's how it went down: Over 100 years ago, there was this guy who said this thing. Apparently he told it to this other guy who happened to write it in a book. That other guy was once the President of the United States--so that book, his autobiography, kind of got recorded as a part of history. Like it was a big deal. Kind of like the times and circumstances we are living in today. Long story short, I came up with a super catchy headline that made you click on this post and then I found out that a redneck from West Virginia can probably solve a lot of your problems for the next couple days, weeks, and maybe months. If you want to move on and not read the rest, now's your chance...I basically told you what was going to happen. If not, then memorize this next quote that I put in bold, read the rest of the article and share this blog with somebody who is going to need it. My goal is to make us all better throughout this strange and uneasy time. With that stated, the first guy said: "Do what you can with what you have where you are at." William "Squire Bill" Widener, that redneck from West Virginia that I was talking about earlier, was a buddy of president Theodore Roosevelt. He summed up his philosophy on one's duty in life with the aforementioned sentence. How appropriate is that for us today? Again this was over a 100 years ago and I am encouraged to know that truth like that can't be contained either. Really, if we are being honest, that's what we are being asked to do on a daily basis right now. Doing what we can and taking it day by day, is really the worlds only option right now. I understand that many of you don't know what your week's duty is supposed to be any more, let alone your life's duty at this point. Some of you are literally being told to stay where you are at and others are hearing that you can only do certain things right now. "Shelter in Place" is a real thing that people have to deal with now. Several of you just found out that your world tomorrow looks a whole lot different than it does today. So what do you do? Whatever you can. With whatever you have. Right where you're at. My situation will not reflect yours. What you have, I may not. But I know that I have some extra time today. And I know I have some extra hope today as well. And I know there are several opportunities to join together and support the situations we find ourselves in. So I want to encourage you to assess anything and everything you have right now. And then do whatever you can with it. Maybe that means using it. Maybe that means changing it. Maybe that means appreciating it. Or mourning it. Or donating it. I only know what I have and what I am going to be doing with it. Only you know what you can do with yours. So do what you can and please do your best. For me, another couple things that I have is an email, this blog, and a comment section. So, I want to hear from you. I am planning on writing almost daily for the foreseeable future and possibly releasing some other resources, so I want to know how I can help you, wherever you are at. Coaching athletes, clients, and co-workers, and really myself throughout the years, I've had to rely on these words and many other ideas to stave off anxiety, to focus on the task at hand, and to prioritize my next steps. It's what we are all doing right now. Why not do it together? Now is the best time for me to ask that you send your notes to me at [email protected] as we create a new community to rally each other and gain some positive perspective. It's what I have and I know how to use it. I know if you've read this far that you're all in with whatever you have as well. So I'll leave you with another one of my favorite quotes: "If not you, who? If not now, when?" Join me as I change my world during all the other changes going on right now. I look forward to hearing from you!
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