Live the dream!
Today I enjoyed the luxury of daydreaming as the soft February sun warmed my face. Down Future Boulevard my mind went. The beauty of daydreaming as opposed to nightdreaming is that the dreamer can edit the show and keep only the happy clips.
I watched the crowds applaud you at stadium after stadium, city after city. I marveled at the love your fans expressed with standing ovations. I was impressed as your names scrolled down in lights at Times Square, a tribute to Team USA. I was ecstatic when they played our national anthem to salute your success at the world's most acclaimed basketball court.
The phone rang and I had to put my daydreaming on hold. Then I thought to myself that maybe we don't. We can live the dream. I look at each one of you and I can see your thirst for the taste of success. I see
the enthusiasm and the drive and I know that my dream was not so farfetched after all.
However, it is my sincere hope that even with the eye on the goal, you will enjoy the game. Even with the thought of the scoreboard on your mind, I hope you will have fun for the sake of fun itself. Your parents, coaches and I wish we could write the script of your lives so there would be no pain. If it were up to us we would leave out all the games you will lose; we would make sure there were no heartaches and no injuries; all your jerseys would be retired at the college of your choice and any hurts would be taken care of with a barbie band-aid.
Day dreams aside, we know we can prepare you for basketball by joining the best clubs and gyms, signing you up with the best coaches and cheering you on no matter what. But most of all, our prayer is that we will prepare you for the game of life.
It is our hearts' desire to prepare you to lead a life that is blessed so that when we meet our Lord and He looks over what we did with you, the gifts He gave us, He can say,
"Well done, good and faithful parents..." (word parent substituted for 'servant').
Thought for the week:
What you are is God's gift to you...
What you make of yourself is your gift to God!
Life coach
I watched the crowds applaud you at stadium after stadium, city after city. I marveled at the love your fans expressed with standing ovations. I was impressed as your names scrolled down in lights at Times Square, a tribute to Team USA. I was ecstatic when they played our national anthem to salute your success at the world's most acclaimed basketball court.
The phone rang and I had to put my daydreaming on hold. Then I thought to myself that maybe we don't. We can live the dream. I look at each one of you and I can see your thirst for the taste of success. I see
the enthusiasm and the drive and I know that my dream was not so farfetched after all.
However, it is my sincere hope that even with the eye on the goal, you will enjoy the game. Even with the thought of the scoreboard on your mind, I hope you will have fun for the sake of fun itself. Your parents, coaches and I wish we could write the script of your lives so there would be no pain. If it were up to us we would leave out all the games you will lose; we would make sure there were no heartaches and no injuries; all your jerseys would be retired at the college of your choice and any hurts would be taken care of with a barbie band-aid.
Day dreams aside, we know we can prepare you for basketball by joining the best clubs and gyms, signing you up with the best coaches and cheering you on no matter what. But most of all, our prayer is that we will prepare you for the game of life.
It is our hearts' desire to prepare you to lead a life that is blessed so that when we meet our Lord and He looks over what we did with you, the gifts He gave us, He can say,
"Well done, good and faithful parents..." (word parent substituted for 'servant').
Thought for the week:
What you are is God's gift to you...
What you make of yourself is your gift to God!
Life coach
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