The coach of the Missouri football team, Gary Pinkel, made some great philosophical comments which apply not only to football, but life in general. He said, “You’re never built. It’s a never-ending process. So, to this point, we’re proud of what we’ve accomplished, but there’s a lot left out there.”
That pretty much says it all about life.
We are all never finished, never done, never at the end of the journey.
We can always learn and grow and improve.
I remember talking to a friend one day about whether she was exercising. She replied that no she wasn’t, she just wanted to stay the same. Unfortunately, there is no just staying the same. We’re either getting better or getting worse. Doing nothing is tantamount to losing ground and getting worse.
What are you doing to improve, to get better, to get the most out of your journey?
I was recently talking to Noppadol Paothong, a photographer for the Missouri Dept. of Conservation, about what it took to get pictures of a monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.
I gave him two monarch caterpillars to raise and told him that when the chrysalis turn translucent, that the butterfly would emerge usually that same day.
When the two chrysalises turned translucent, Nop stayed awake for almost 48 hours straight to get the best picture. In all he got only 3 hours sleep in 48 hours and then had to go out and make a presentation that same day.
It just goes to how us all that Success is not easy.
It takes time, work, perseverance and some pain to accomplish your goal.
If you’d like to see some of Nop’s pictures, you’ll find them at:
http://nopnatureimages.com/
