Wednesday
November 5, 2014

Life on Life's Terms

"Happiness shared is doubled."

My son had a basketball tournament that weekend.  His sister had to work on a school project and missed his games.  She hadn't been able to play that season because of injury.

When we got home from the last game of the tournament, she yelled from her bedroom, "How'd you do, Brat Boy?"

"OK," he said.

She waited for more details, knowing my wife or I would have to provide them.

"He played great defense and he scored a little more than usual.  Coach was really pleased with him," I said.

"Way to go Brat Boy!" she said.  I could hear in her voice she was genuinely happy for him.  Rather than being resentful that she couldn't play, she let his happiness take some of the sting out of her disappointment.

Today I will share in someone else's happiness.

Life on Life's Terms (c) 2014 by Ken Montrose

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Better do your best

Later that night I was struggling to revise a training. 

"Whatcha working on?" my wife asked.

"Trying to improve this training," I said. 

"What's wrong with it?  Did you get some bad reviews?"

"Nothing's wrong with it.  I just have a lot of people scheduled for it, and I want it to be better."

"You look beat," she said.  "You've given it your best.  Go to bed."

"How can I say I gave it my best if I go to bed?"

"Some days your best isn't going to be your best ever. Some days you sprint and some days all you can do is jog. The only time you aren't doing your best is when you have the energy to sprint, but you jog instead. You've reached a point in your day where you're way past doing your best work. Jog on upstairs." 

Today I will accept my best may vary from day to day.

Relapse Prevention Group (c) 2014 by Ken Montrose