World's Greatest Coach was Jesus

I love my horoscope for today:

"Your sense of centeredness is strong, but you need to push it a
little farther if you want to withstand the storm that's coming from
school or work. You know where you need to be, so head in that direction."

I love this because it reminds me to not accept mediocrity and to not
get comfortable. Push it. Push it real good.

I was thinking about Jesus the other day and how he didn't just walk
around all smiles and flowers and sunshine. He didn't walk around
healing people like he was a magician with a magic wand. He wasn't
just this nice happy person. He was the savior. He confronted,
challenged and inspired people. He did it with love, but he still
pushed people past their comfort zone. He pissed off a lot of people.

He didn't just walk around saying everything is great, everything is
good, everything is perfect.

He knew that there was work to do.

I was thinking about great coaches. They go in and push their athletes
to be the best. They don't walk in and say, everything is perfect.
They don't accept laziness. They don't accept excuses. A great coach
pushes until there is blood, sweat and tears. They push an athlete
past the point of pain. They push until it hurts.

But not because they are being mean. There is a difference between
being a bully and being someone who inspires people to greatness.

A great coach knows that beneath a person's excuses and laziness is a
strength they don't know exists. A great coach sees potential. He
knows that underneath the surface are abilities that can only be
brought out by pushing past a certain point.

If you have ever run before, you will know that at the point you start
to sweat, something new happens. It actually gets easier. You start to
feel stronger. You will never know about this while you are walking or
taking a stroll. You must push past a certain point (past the point
where you want to give up, past the point where it hurts) and then you
find a strength that you didn't know existed.

A great coach doesn't talk an ability out of an athlete. They don't
sit around having tea, discussing potential. A great coach screams and
yells and pushes an individual past the point of physical exhaustion.

This is Jesus. He confronts, challenges, and inspires.

He doesn't look past an appearance and say everything is fine. He
screams: Stand up! He tips over the money tables. He says put down
your sword. He says forgive your enemy.

He doesn't do the work. You notice? He makes YOU do the work. A great
coach does not run laps. He makes others run laps.

Jesus is the greatest coach of all time.

He doesn't do the work for me. He pushes me to do the work. He
challenges me. He doesn't just give me a miracle. Great athletes work
hard. A great coach stands with an individual day in and day out,
pushing screaming yelling, for as long as it takes.

And so sometimes (often?) you will feel like you want to give up. Any
athlete in training knows how this feels. You think your body won't
hold up for even one more minute. You just want to lie on the grass
and cry. You want to sleep. You want to quit. Ask any athlete, and
they will tell you the road to greatness had many bad days. They will
tell you about doubt and pain, and total anger at their coach.

Many coaches are hated, until the athlete recognizes his own inner
power, and then the coach is loved and respected. Finally the athlete
sees that the coach had his best interest in mind the entire time.
It's impossible to see this when a coach is screaming "YOU PATHETIC
LAZY SHIT! YOU'RE WORTHLESS! YOU'LL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING."

Most people give up at this point, but if you're smart, you'll realize
this kind of instruction is the best gift you will ever receive.

Sometimes the people you hate the most, are the ones who bring out the
best in you in the end.

You should be thanking the ones that challenge you, and who don't
accept mediocrity from you. You should be glad to have a few people
who tell you to get off your ass and stop being lazy.

You just gotta push though the UNCOMFORT zone. First you have to break
out of the comfort zone, then you have to push through the uncomfort
zone. Keep going. When you hit a wall, remember Nike says "walls have
doors." Push it. Push it real good. Don't give up when you feel like a
total failure. Don't give up when it looks like nothing is happening.
You are in training. Keep going.

Go!!!!!
STOP WHINING!!! YOU LAZY SHIT! GO!

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