SIMPLE QUESTION:
WHAT. . .uhhhh, WHO GIVES YOU HOPE
THEY SAY:
That watching inspirational films or short clips
goes a long way in settling and grounding us
especially if
in some way
WE KNOW
the person in the story
or if we dare flip through the pages of our own personal biographies
WE ARE THE
H O P E
THE MORAL:
WHEN YOU CAN’T FIND HOPE–BE IT
THE FINISH LINE
Sometimes it feels like
THERE IS NO FINISH LINE
you just keep running and running
going and going and going and. . .
and the worst is when there is an apparent END
only to find out when you get to IT
it’s just the beginning of an ongoing
ever-changing HORIZON
HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THAT. . . ?
W E L L:
I recently read a post from a fellow National Speaker Association, colleague, Lou Hecker who shared:
“I’ve been thinking about “no finish line.” I passed a business this past week and a sign out front really caught my eye: ‘”HUMAN PROGRESS HAS NO FINISH LINE.” It really meant something special to me — here I am at an age when many say, “Okay, I’m done. That’s it. All through.” And that’s the opposite of what I feel. I believe most people are built for achievement — for the results it brings others…for the joy it brings the achiever…for feeling like we matter. The great tennis star and humanitarian Arthur Ashe said this, “I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.” What will you do this week to foster that attitude among the people who work for and with you? And how will you embrace that idea yourself? Was it Yogi Berra who said, “it’s never over ’til it’s over.”? Maybe we could change that to, “It’s never over,” right?”
Now maybe this RE-FRAMING
is something that’ll have us thinking a little past our
ONCE UPON A TIME’S
. . .m a y b e
THE BEST WAY OUT IS THROUGH
There’s not a whole lot of “Ohhhhhhhhh-Ahhhhhhhhh”
to this short little clip
and maybe that’s the true
M E S S A G E
HOME RUNS
aren’t the only way to score runs or come from behind or stay ahead
S O M E T I M E S
there are hits, walks, errors, sacrifices and stolen bases
that add up to a WIN
. . .it all ADDS UP
to the absolute truth
THE BEST WAY OUT IS THROUGH
ONE STEP AT A TIME
ISN’T A BAD WAY TO MOVE FORWARD
KEEP GOING