When Life Sucks
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Today’s Monday Mindset: When Life Sucks
Hey guys, a little different Monday Mindset for you as I’m sharing this in real time. As this just happened.
For those of you who are following along with Issac’s and our journey, he’s a college senior and he’s overcome a couple years of really tough injuries (stress fractures, ankle injuries) that have kept him out of action.
He played eight games for the first time last season and worked so hard to get healthy, to rehab and be in the best shape of his life going into this season. He just gave us a call because in practice tonight he badly sprained his ankle and will be out until the new year now.
I’m just so sad for him. He’s broken hearted. We’re broken hearted for him.
And what do you do when life sucks? When life sucks for somebody that you know, and they’re going through a lot of pain?
Sometimes the best thing to do is not to give words of encouragement or hope or inspiration as I try to do with Monday Mindsets. But rather it’s just sitting with them, sitting with them in their pain, maybe not saying a word, maybe just giving them a hug, holding their hand, just showing empathy and being there. Being there with your presence.
We had a chunk of time on the phone where we were even silent and it was just, “shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot”. And so my challenge to you is if you have somebody who’s gone through a really tough time, sit with them in their pain. Just be present with them when life sucks for them, and that’s sometimes the best support you can be. So put that into practice.
That’s my challenge and your Monday Mindset.
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