No One Thought We Could Do It

If you’ve been following along over the years you know I love March Madness (search that term on my website and you’ll see I’ve posted about it a couple times before :).

And this year I even got to go to some of the regional games that were held here in Nashville…childhood dream come true.

But yeah, I watch nearly all the games and one of the most common lines in the post-game interviews is some version of…

“No one thought we could do it”

If you’re the sport watching type, you’ll know that this line isn’t confined to just college basketball. It gets said at the end of nearly every sports game.

So here’s the over arching theme I’d like to pick out of this and ascribe to all of us:  No matter how good any of us are at anything, no one is above encouragement.

We are all underdogs in our own minds every time.

Every day is a comeback.

Obviously these are superior athletes and clearly A LOT of people believed the could do it.  But the “no one thought we could do it” line comes from a voice in their own head saying they might not be able to pull it off this time.  We ourselves are the “no one” in that sentence.

And that voice is never completely going away.

So this is not a message about quieting that voice or ‘overcoming adversity’…but a message to say…go encourage those who need your encouragement. They might be doing really well, they might be struggling big time. Doesn’t matter.

No one is above a kind word in this business.  No one is above hearing from a trusted source ‘I’m one of the ones who thinks you can’.

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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabethebassplayer@gmail.com