When I speak to groups, I like to talk about how good things come from our worst moments. I also like to use the grammatically challenged phrase, “When things get bad, we get good.” I’ve seen it in my own personal life. And I’ve seen it in Mississippi after numerous disasters. I remember working at Camp Coast Care in Pass Christian, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. I was joined by people from all across the United States. We had very little in common except for the desire to do good in the face of overwhelming disaster. And it was overwhelming. Television couldn’t do the devastation along the Gulf Coast justice. It would have been so easy to be discouraged. But we pulled together and got the work done. Things got bad. We got good.
There is a lot of division in this country today. Turn on the radio or cable news and you hear how the nation is going to heck in a hand basket. You see finger pointing. You read hateful comments on social media. Anger wafts from the pages of the paper. Listen, read and watch long enough and you start wanting to blame others for your own problems. It becomes easy to dislike people who don’t agree with you.
And it makes you worry about our kids’ futures.
But there’s hope. There are still warriors who understand what true competition is all about. People who get that when you’re in the arena, you give it your all — but when times get tough, you pull together. I saw a tweet this morning that confirmed this for me. Two historic sports rivals. One helping the other because they are in need.
Who are these warriors?
They are our kids.
That was very true, thank you
Agree!