Midweek Pick Me Up: Words We All Need to Hear
This mini episode dives into a valuable lesson from Kobe Bryant. The episode shares a story of the words that his father spoke to him when he was at a low point in his life. These are words that we should share with our students, our families, and ourselves.
What's going on everybody, I hope this finds you striving and thriving and doing absolutely amazing. This is a midweek pick me up. And today, I want to talk all about those words that we all need to hear. Today I want to share a lesson from Kobe Bryant. And last Wednesday was the two year anniversary of the tragic crash that took Kobe's life and eight other individuals. And I was never a fan of Kobe Bryant growing up, MJ was my guy. And there were so many comparisons when Kobe first came into the league that he was the next Michael Jordan. So I stayed away from Colby his whole career until the very end. And then I started cheering for him, as I saw that desire, as I saw that hard work in that effort that he put forth. And I started listening to different interviews and different podcasts that he was on. And I started seeing what he was doing outside of basketball. And Kobe Bryant is gonna go down as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. But he was so much more. He was big into giving back to the community. He was huge, and being an advocate for women's sports. And he was a blessing to the world in so many ways. And I was listening to an interview that he was on one time, and he was talking about the power of words. And he said when he was 1112 years old, that he was playing in this elite basketball league in Philadelphia. And he said he was terrible. In fact, he didn't score the whole summer. And he was feeling bad about this. And he was hurt and he was disappointed. And his dad came up to him. And his father gave him a hug. And he looked to Adam, and he said listen Kobe. Whether you score zero points, or you score 60 points, I will love you just the same. And he said those words right there, gave him all the permission that he needed to fail, and to know that he could go out there and he could fail, and he would still be loved. I think that's an important message for all of us. That we have students that come into our classrooms. We have these young minds that need to know whether they succeed or not on a test and the curriculum and the different material that we give them. We will love them the same no matter what. So take that lesson from Kobe Bryant today. Take that into your classrooms. Take that into your homes and let your children know this. And maybe, just maybe you need to look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself whether you're ultra successful today or you stumble a little bit that you're going to love yourself. No matter what. When blessed with another sunrise, my friends have a beautiful day
