My 'Life' Coach

Posted to Facebook December 29th
I heard a story during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games that swimmer Michael Phelps' coach, a person coaching at a world class level, used to deliberately make things go wrong during Michael's swim meets to help him practice overcoming less than perfect competing conditions; to train him to focus.  I believe it was said that he had done things like break his swim goggles and make him late.  Michael's coach knew that being the best was not about competing in ideal conditions, having everything perfect, controlling all details so that Michael could easily compete. 

I realize we all have a world class coach that helps us practice focusing and rising above those things we could call obstacles . . . it's called life.  In all the biographies I have read and watched about those who we acknowledge as rising above obstacles, they tell a story of a person possessing the ability to focus on who they really are and what they really want, instead of getting caught up in the undertow of resisting and blaming what they don't want.

LOP is trusting that my 'life' coach is doing nothing less than helping me to succeed.