I struggled a lot with this next blog post because the loss of Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant and the 7 others has really had an effect on me. Every time I sit and try to put into words my feelings regarding these losses, it's almost like I am suffering from a form of word diarrhea. I feel like I am saying too much without saying enough at the same time. As I woke up and saw this in my draft and looked at today's date, 2/8, I figured it would be quite fitting to get my post up today.
No, I never met Kobe, his family or any of the others involved in the crash. I never even got the chance to see Kobe Bryant play live. But the respect and admiration I had for him as a man, father, basketball player, businessman, etc, is more than words can put together. I will never understand death. I understand we are born, we live, we die. But going like this, holding your daughter in your arms, taking a "routine" helicopter flight, is just...unbearable. I know questioning things or asking why is pointless but you cant help but to do so.
I think the love between a father and daughter or mother and son is so unique because the ability to teach someone whose experience you've never had to endure takes a talent. I was raised by a single mother and much like Kobe and Gianna in the gif above there were plenty of things I was able to learn from my mother. While basketball is something they could bond over, raising a young woman much like my mother raising a young man is something that takes patience, persistence and love. In the face of this tragedy, I tried to take into perspective what I have learned from this great father and my amazing mother.
The one thing I have learned from both is simply all you have is today. The present, TODAY, is the gift of life. In the end all we have is today. You cannot change yesterday and tomorrow isn't promised. We have to do a better job of taking advantage of the gift that is each day we wake. Laugh. Love. Think. Pray. Dream. Work. There is no day that we can waste. Now, whenever we lost someone you always hear this same mentality preached. But why this struck me and is really pushing me is because at the YOUNG age of 41 Kobe has left a legacy for his wife Vanessa and the daughters he left behind. At 27 I do not have a wife and kids, and the biggest reason for this is that I do not have anything to give or leave a family right now. The tragedy that was losing this man as taught me to create the life I want for myself today so I can never have a regret for myself. You don't get to become a 5x Champion without approaching each day as an opportunity to win a championship.
The thing I am learning in 2020 is to step into the person you wanna be, today; I am a creative. The reason I went and got the phonetic spelling of the word tattooed on my arm is because I aspire everyday to go and be the epitome of what a creative is to me. Which is also the reason I end every podcast with the saying, " creators create, so make today your day". I challenge myself to learn new skills, create things that last and go after what I need necessary all to become the person I hope to be. I podcast, I blog, I am a videographer, photographer, in graduate school and still will outdrink you lol. I am not selling myself short in life because I don't know when this gift will be taken away from me. We are in fact on borrowed time and I vow to make the most of it everyday. Being lazy is fun, its one of my favorite things to do, but it is too easy. Nothing in life worth having comes easy. I am working to crate a lief where my free time is filled with travel and experiences that will allow me to continue to create a life for my self.
I love you all, let's work! Who are you aspiring to be and what are you doing today to be that person?
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