We all have a little Brett Favre in us

Brett Favre- Just Like Us?

Brett Favre.  The saga.  The drama.  Well, it looks like it’s finally come to an end.  Which brings me to an interesting conversation on the topic I just had with a colleague of mine.  He is a fantasy football player and, although he didn’t play, is very knowledgeable about the game.  I often feel like people (people who have not played the sport at a high level or at all) should not voice their opinion. But I admit that is a pompous attitude.  But, in this case, I think most of the world (or those who follow the Favre saga, which seems to be the whole world) are wrong, even-and especially- former athletes.

As I have said (and will probably continue to say because I just can’t let it go, LOL), I played college football.  And after thirteen years of playing (from the age of eight), giving it up was hard.  Very hard.  Ask anyone who’s had to walk off the field or court or out of the pool for the last time and had to remove that uniform that you will he never wear again and he will tell you.  It is a very, very hard thing to do.  Very, very hard.  I cannot overstate that.

Now imagine if you’d played that sport for over thirty years.  Heck, Brett Favre played in the NFL longer than I played football period.  Now imagine that, after running around the track hundreds of times, or diving into the pool thousands of times, or grounding balls from your dad or coach for hours upon hours- all of a sudden you have to stop! Abruptly stop.  Tomorrow morning when the alarm goes off, you have no practice to go to.  You have no rehab to do.  And most importantly, you have no teammates to joke around with in the locker room.  Again: very, very hard.  Very, very, very hard. Read more of this post

Introduction

For the last several years, I’ve fought this struggle internally, wondering what my purpose is in this thing we call life.  I’m still trying to figure it out, but think I may have a better handle on it- better, at least today, than I had on it a year, a month, even a week ago.  The more I self-analyze, the more I seek out the counsel and guidance of those around me- professional, personal, and otherwise- the more I begin to peel away at the underlying dilemma that has been weighing heavily on me for what seems like an eternity. Read more of this post