#78 “I am out here for you. You don’t know what it’s like to be ME out here for YOU. It is an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about, ok?” Jerry Maguire - Jerry Maguire 1996
All time favorite movie, Jerry Maguire. I remember posting #6, it was about how you can glimpse your embarrassment the next day, when you’ve been so foolish the day before. Jerry Maguire was a sports agent, he was someones agent. Who’s agent are you? You know the one that promotes someone, gets them in the public eye, backs them up; right or wrong. Who can say you get up for them on a daily basis without recourse?
Each day someone is out there for you. Each day someone is making it happen for you. Yet, are you making it happen for yourself?
I often at times don’t quite understand how people could be so blind. How people take for granted what is in front of them. When people become more than just symbols to one another, maybe the words they say will become more of a meaning to everyone. Do words mean more than people? If we can say “ME”, does that really mean “YOU”? If you can say, “THEM”, is it really “US”? Why in the competitive nature of the world of sports are we on teams?
Do all sports have teams?
I am trying to think of a sport that is based on the individual, one that doesn’t need a so called “agent”, or “cheerleader”. A sport that is the inner struggle mentally and the outer physical exertion. I invoke praise in individuality, but stand stronger with a team. Sundays during the fall and winter are my football days. The “dun dun dah” sound, and the sound of the panel of football guru’s dishing top stat picks for the day. Football Sundays are about making plays….
Do you play? Or do you get played?
Seriously… do you play the game? It could be football, or it can be the game of life. Are you competing for someones approval? Are you improving your statistics for “MVP”? Are you out there for someone swallowing your pride, and getting up each day to win? Competition is more than sports, competition is power. If you win, you win. If you lose, you lose. If you tie…. its embarrassing. Remember, you can love the game, but you the game must love you.
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