~:[CH8 - Day 106]:~ The Chance for Redemption
I remember it clearly. My athlete tumbled on the far side of the track as he was on pace to PR and also to break 5-minutes. That race left him devastated, as it was a tough way to end a season. However, fast forward today and he is just one day removed from conquering that hurdles, qualifying for finals and breaking that time barrier, and two days from taking a step that he missed on that day in history. History is just that. It's something that is in the past and something that we can build off of as we push forward. For him, it's an opportunity to shake that memory from his mind and erase that barrier that he has had to live with since that moment. For all of us, we face a moment in our life that is so devastating that it keeps us from comfortably moving forward. However, it is in that failure that an opportunity arises for not to only reach for what we were trying to accomplish, but to surpass it. It's an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to grow so that when the chance comes, we can take redemption. For this one athlete, that opportunity came and went as he got redemption, but now he aims at something greater, the greater that we will all find once we face our fears and get redemption.
I remember it clearly. My athlete tumbled on the far side of the track as he was on pace to PR and also to break 5-minutes. That race left him devastated, as it was a tough way to end a season. However, fast forward today and he is just one day removed from conquering that hurdles, qualifying for finals and breaking that time barrier, and two days from taking a step that he missed on that day in history. History is just that. It's something that is in the past and something that we can build off of as we push forward. For him, it's an opportunity to shake that memory from his mind and erase that barrier that he has had to live with since that moment. For all of us, we face a moment in our life that is so devastating that it keeps us from comfortably moving forward. However, it is in that failure that an opportunity arises for not to only reach for what we were trying to accomplish, but to surpass it. It's an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to grow so that when the chance comes, we can take redemption. For this one athlete, that opportunity came and went as he got redemption, but now he aims at something greater, the greater that we will all find once we face our fears and get redemption.
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