I let a trial attorney know I was nominating her for an award. She said she was touched but a different attorney would win, one who has gotten million dollar verdicts. I said I don’t care, I’m still nominating her. I told her I’m into people that get their ass kicked, not just get victories.
I am into the person that shows up to the flagpole at 3pm to confront their bully. I don’t care who wins the fight. Our bully can be a person, an addiction, an event, a disorder, a sickness, it can often be ourselves.
Our arena can be school, the office, court, a cage, or in silence. What matters isn’t the type of arena, the critic, the fan, the winner or the loser of the fight to come. What matters is that we show up. So show up, smiling.