I am writing this blog tonight after returning home from watching the Lady Goblins Soccer Team win the 5A Arkansas Soccer State Championship! This has been an emotional high for me as the Asst. Principal of Harrison High School but mostly because my daughter is one of the Lady Goblins.
As I scanned social media, reading all of the posts shared by players and parents about the Lady Goblins victory, I read one that really struck home. One of the Goblin football coaches Chris Keylon whose daughter also plays for the Lady Goblins Soccer Team posted on facebook about the event. He mentioned how being named State Champion was something so few athletes will accomplish in their lifetime. This made me reflect on winning and losing.
You see sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. They both matter, but in life what matters is what you do with your wins and what you do with your losses. When you win will you stay hungry and humble or will you become complacent because of your victory?
"Success breeds success," says Mia Hamm but it can also breed complacency if you forget the effort, sacrifice, and determination it took to win. You cannot allow this to happen, instead you must channel these emotions into a quest for excellence.
Everyone will suffer losses from time to time, that's life. Jon Gordon says "the key is to make the loss stand for something, LOSS (Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong)." If you lose you need to learn from mistakes made and reflect on how you can improve.
Yes, I'm writing this blog because of the phenomenal soccer game I watched earlier today that ended in a victory for the Lady Goblins but this philosophy applies to life.
School is winding down, graduations are taking place, and futures are uncertain, so students and especially seniors take note of your wins and losses. You will experience many wins and losses in your future, but life is about more than winning and losing. It's primarily about the lessons learned, your actions and attitudes, your character reflected, the strength you build, and the person you become.
