When I took a couple years off college to work in a Chrysler plant (raise money to go back to college), I busted my ass with all the OT I could get - 125 degrees in the press room - terrible. I changed my stars. Over, and over, I level up. We get to understand that WE ARE the mission. We are not victims of circumstance. Football is not life. Factory is not life. NFL is something that guys do and most have a fair amount of fun with it, for 5-10 years to raise money for the entire rest of their life. I look at it like the Cash Flow game. NFL is innnn-creeeedibly well positioned for his life. A Detroit Lion is not a victim as a football player…He’s incredibly well positioned as a human to set up the rest of his life.
If football was life, and you could never get away (none of that’s true), your point would make more sense to me.
These guys get to do marketing deals, are positioned to help other humans, start other businesses. Holy shit, what an amazing opportunity. I would be super grateful to do it even for one big contract past the rookie contract.
I think they already have. Lions ownership that CJ played for is not even here anymore.
There are tons of personalities on a football team. I love CJ, and how he showed up in his role. I was very thankful for him (bought his Jersey in black back in the day, and more recently, the support the troops one). Love the dude.
My entire philosophy is to show up in peace. Anger, resentment, etc is constant scattered energy of hanging on to stories of the past. Peace gives us a clear lens to look through. Peace is the highest priority. Only through being at peace with our anger can we ever see the TRUE source of it. Only through peace can we look at ourselves and know how we can grow from it, and process in a healthier way next time.
Peace is the path to fulfillment. All else is operating in a world of short term extreme highs and extreme lows. If you are a victim of circumstance, you are co-dependent on others to live a life of fulfillment. Co-dependent is being a bitch to circumstances, rather than energetically sovereign. In the human world of “fair/not fair,” and finger pointing, blaming, shaming, etc, etc, we can tell lots of stories to make ourselves unhappy.
I have no attachment to how he shows up. I think he’s mostly a very classy dude. I generally like the guy. I also understand if he is upset. All I’m doing is expressing through my own view of the world, and how I see things.
God didn’t make me 6 ft 7 with a 500 lb bench press for a reason. With the upbringing I had, I would have been a very good work ethic. I would have been polarizing. people would have loved how I showed up on the field, and hated how much time I spent in strip clubs (at that age in my life). I consider that. I’m looking at the world through the lens of a very handsome 50 year old. I am aware that when I was younger, I would not have handled myself nearly as well.
I get it. Been there/done that. I’m working on a book called “The Evolution of ■■■■ You…A Journey from Anger to Peace.”
I know a lot of you guys will read it.
All I’m doing is speaking through the lens of someone who has spent half a lifetime working on getting to being the way I am.
I feel I understand where you’re coming from fairly well.
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