Hour of power. What is yours?

"If you only read books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking"
Haruki Murakami

This is something i read before I started my day.
During my hour of power today i read a poem that I wanted to pass to the world.

Great to put in the hour of power corner or frame it on the wall.

Book "Wooden"- by Coach John Wooden. Read and enjoy.

A parent to a child before the first game.

This is your game my child . I hope you win.
I hope you win for your sake, not mine.
Because winning's nice.
It's a good feeling.
Like the whole world is yours.
But, it pasess the feeling.
And what lasts is what you've learned.


And what you learn about is life.
That's what sport is all about. Life.
The whole thing is played out in the afternoon.
The happiness of life.
The miseries.
The joys.
The heartbreaks.

There's no telling what'll turn up.
There is no telling whether they'll toss you out in the first five minutes or whether you'll stay the long haul.

There no telling how you'll do.
You might be a hero or you might be absolutely nothing.
There 's just no telling.
Too much depends on chance.
On how the ball bounces.


I'm not talking about the game, my child.
I 'm talking about life.
But, it's life that the game is all about.
Just as I said.

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Because every game is life.
And life is game.
A serious game.
Dead serious.

But, that's what you do with serious things.
You do your best.
You takes what comes.
And you run with it.

Winning is fun.
Sure.
But winning is not the point.

WANTING TO WIN IS THE POINT.
NOT GIVING UP IS THE POINT.
Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point.
Never giving up is the point.
Never letting anyone down is the point.

Play to win.
Sure.
But lose like a champion. Because it's not winning that counts.
What counts is trying.
                                         -Unknown


This is something I will read to my child always. What do you read to your child, or what to you read to your self to get motivated???????????