I Hate this Phone Plan

I've taken "that call" several times in my life. 

The ring is ominous. It's different than others. 

You can feel it. You know it. Your brain, your heart, your soul. You know. 

That phone call with the news. 

The end. They are gone. 

Searching for the words. Finding the pain.  Direction-less. Have to plan, but frozen.  A moment in time. The forever now. Memories. The "new" normal. 

All three different, but similar. 

I've had others but these three are the ones. 

I hate that call. 

Next time, I am telling them...

Wrong number. 

Seal the Edge

Sealing the edge is a critical element for any successful football team.  It opens up the field and allows you to run the outside alley. 

It's another football lesson that translates really well into life. 

What's the thing in your life that you must seal?  Your health?  Your family?  Your fortune? Whatever it is, you must fight for it at all costs. 

The game of football rides parallel to the tracks of life. 

It takes a team to be successful. You can't do your life alone. 

It takes hard work. Life isn't hard but it does take hard work to get the most out of it.  

It's a game of inches.  Think back on your life and think about the gravity of one seemingly small (at the time) decision or move and the effect it might've had on the rest of your life. 

Practice makes perfect. Life is about learning from the past (not living in it) and growing. 

Sometimes the ball takes a funny bounce.   Always.  

Vince Lombardi once said, "the greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall."  This is the quintessence of life. 

Huddle up. 

Live your life. Set...Go.