What’s
really good people?
This
is truly the best time of year for sports; SUPA Eagles AFCON qualifiers, NFL
opening week, college football, English Premiership football and all of this for
the next six months? Seriously? There can’t be anything better to do with your
time every weekend. So I read online
that supporters that attend Saturday’s SUPA Eagles vs. Congo match in Calabar
will be subjected to Ebola screenings before gaining entrance into the stadium
to root on our national team. SMH. Don’t know what is worse the ignorance
exhibited throughout out West Africa since the outbreak or the response to how
to manage the spread and transmitting of it. Anyways baba god give us GOALS
this weekend O. UP SUPA Eagles & UP NAIJA. Let’s Go!
(S/O) HBD to my pops IDIMU Keshi aka…”Mr. I’ve Been
FLASHY b4 you were born”. Wishing you many more.
(S/O) To all of the viewers, followers & readers
of the MY OMO NAIJA blogspot. Thank you for your continued support. Love iz
Love! P
Ok
people; let me get focused…
I
got to catching up on some television recently and was watching the program
Hard Nocks on HBO that chronicles the behind the scenes first take on running
an NFL franchise, the dream of making an NFL roster and the pursuit of winning
the championship. So during one of the episodes a position coach made a
profound statement, “show me a man without a vice and I show you a psychopath
or sociopath”. When I first heard it I was like wait a minute dude is right and
wrong. Although I tend to agree with his statement both psychopaths and
sociopaths share a common vice in which terrorizing and committing grueling
acts of crime in their communities gives them the fulfillment similar to that
of scoring the winning goal in a competitive sport.
This
is why I love sports; there are so many life lessons one can take away from it
when you choose to participate in an individual or team sport. By far the best
part of it has got to be the crazy cast of characters and the relationships
that you forge for a lifetime of memories. Playing sports I was told teaches
you structure, discipline, commitment, sacrifice, etc… What they never tell you
or will ever be able to prepare you for is what happens when your dreams get
derailed and the real world comes calling. In the show Hard Knocks at the end
of the series they show on camera what it looks like to fall short of your
dreams and be rejected when another man’s opinion of you believes you simply
are just not good enough.
Fortunately
for me I got my rejection very early on in my teenage years so I got a head
start on many of my peers. That rejection although very bitter to swallow and
accept at the time became a true blessing in disguise. It forced me to focus
and concentrate on my studies and helped me to recognize that a lifetime of
success and achievement is far more rewarding than the short-term thrills and
excitement of a life in my 20s.
Keep Fighting
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment