The Best Minute: On hard work, changing the world, and grief
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Daniel Chambliss, an American sociologist, on how top performers feel about hard work:
“At the higher levels of competitive swimming, something like an inversion of attitude takes place. The very features of the sport that the ‘C’ swimmer finds unpleasant, the top-level swimmer enjoys. What others see as boring—swimming back and forth over a black line for two hours, say—they find peaceful, even meditative, often challenging, or therapeutic. They enjoy hard practices, look forward to difficult competitions, try to set difficult goals. Coming into the 5:30 A.M. practices at Mission Viejo, many of the swimmers were lively, laughing, talking, enjoying themselves, perhaps appreciating the fact that most people would positively hate doing it. It is incorrect to believe that top athletes suffer great sacrifices to achieve their goals. Often, they don’t see what they do as sacrificial at all. They like it.”
II. Christine Cain on changing the world:
“We have so many Christians who want to change the world, but they don’t want to change themselves.”
2 IDEAS FROM ME
I. When helping those in grief remember this; the deeper the pain, the fewer words you use.
Nothing you say can heal deep wounds. People don’t need advice, they need the presence of those who will sit and show them they are not alone.
II. When dealing with grief remember this; you don’t move on, you move forward.
No one “moves on” from the loss of a loved one, you move forward with the impact they have made on your life. You don’t “get over” trauma and grief, you move forward knowing that loss will always be a part of you.
1 RANDOM FACT
If you were paid a nickel every time you blinked this year you would be rich.
The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year. This means if you were given a nickel for every time you blinked you would make $210,000 annually.
1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
What’s the worst that could happen if it fails?
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