(Answering the phone) Me: “Hello?”
My 3 year old: “Hey Dad.”
Me: “Hey Buddy.”
My 3 year old: “I went pee on the potty.”
Me: “Congratulations pal!”
There’s something to be said about achievements in
life. Not everyone in life thrives for
achievement, in fact, many people live their life to accomplish “just
enough.” I see it differently; We all watch baseball on a regular basis
right? We watch the Yankees and we know what it takes to win. Each night someone does something special on that team and
some of those special things are milestones, or achievements that they can talk
about as they get older in life. It
really doesn’t matter how small these achievements are to some, if you
personally believe in that goal and you hit it, it’s yours and no one can take
it away from you! No one should ever
hold you back.
Look at Derek Jeter. He could have stopped when his contract
was up and everyone in the New York Sports media practically ripped him for
hitting .270. He could have retired right then, after all, he achieved enough… But he didn’t. He believed in himself and kept going. Look at my 3 year old. My wife said he wanted to tell me, so she set up the phone for him to call me. He was proud to “pee in the potty” and he
needed to tell me all about it.
Meanwhile, he didn’t stop trying, despite, not making it to the toilet
so many times before. He had a goal and
he went for it. He accomplished
something “big”, a milestone, an achievement and no one can take that away from
him.
I was thinking about BYB recently and how many blogs helped
us understand the way things worked in the Internet world when we began with no audience, and I was grateful they even let me into their "club." Then, over time you guys found us and now you know who we are.
Believe me though, there were plenty that told me that BYB was “stupid”
too. They told us our site looked
“ugly”, that we didn’t add anything. Sure, it hurts, but I realized something right
then and there; I knew what they were all full of crap.
Sure, we were different, but that was it. Do we try to overrule everyone with Yankees
blogs? Hell no. Why would we? First off, some of these Yankee blogs out
there are the “Godfather” of Yankee blogs and their the reason for us even
thinking about getting started. Plus, who has time for ripping on other blogs? Not
us. Secondly, we just want to chat it up with the readers at BYB and try to
bring you interesting stories and make you laugh alittle. We’re not trying to
re-invent the wheel here. The good news
is, you guys got it. You like us, you
know our word isn’t law…because, we don’t.
We’re just having fun and who would have thought that from September
2010 until right now, we’re climbing to almost 1 million clicks on Bleeding
Yankee Blue. That’s not only amazing,
it’s magnificent. In the end, it’s an
achievement and something I will never forget as long as I live.
So why am I tell you this? Well, it’s funny, I got to thinking about life recently and how
people try to put others down because they think they can or because they don’t believe
in this person or that person. Some don’t believe in you because it wouldn’t benefit themselves.
Some won’t publicly highlight
your achievements because they may be jealous. In all those cases… remember
this; The message is clear, it doesn’t
matter. You need to be good to you. Never
give up on yourself...ever. Do you! If you
do, you will achieve everything you want to achieve in life, or at least come
damn close. Life isn’t a free ride, you
need to push to the top and anyone that
gets in your way, well, you just need to tell them to step aside, especially if
you’re passionate about it…and you should be.
That goes for the Yankees, current and past, the USA Olympians who continue to wow me
every night and even my 3 year old son.
Don’t take “No” for an answer...instead, shoot for the stars.
No one will tell you that more than a guy like Jorge Posada. Don't forget, he was considered the awkward one, the slow runner, the "OK" catcher. And in the end, he became a beloved athlete, a Yankee for life and a great catcher and teammate, not because he thought he could, but because he knew he could. Bottom line, in the end you count and your feelings count and anything you want to achieve, you can. Don't believe me? Just ask my 3 year old son.
No one will tell you that more than a guy like Jorge Posada. Don't forget, he was considered the awkward one, the slow runner, the "OK" catcher. And in the end, he became a beloved athlete, a Yankee for life and a great catcher and teammate, not because he thought he could, but because he knew he could. Bottom line, in the end you count and your feelings count and anything you want to achieve, you can. Don't believe me? Just ask my 3 year old son.
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