Poem of the Week
10 Feb 2020
As in sport, so in life
Firstly:
Practise prioritising the positive.
Tune in, step up, hunker down and dig deep –
Visualise the perfect pass,
Emulate the best in class,
Recognise the winning way
Appreciate the fairest play.
Focus on the first-rate,
Celebrate the truly great.
As in sport, so in life.
Secondly:
Intentionally integrate the negative.
When you’ve dropped the ball
And hit the buffers,
When you’re on the ropes
And come a cropper,
Feel the pain.
Don’t be too quick to play again.
Do whatever you need to do;
Seek a strategy to see you through.
As in sport, so in life.
Thirdly:
Readily receive the reward.
As in sport, not quite so in life.
For in sport, the reward is
Stunning victory not crushing defeat,
Relentless advance not full-blown retreat.
Top-of-your game, not peaked too soon.
But in life, the reward is
Peace,
Peace within us,
Peace around us.
Peace is the prize when everyone wins.
When all move up and none are sent down,
When all fly high and none hit the ground
When all are in and none are out
Peace is the result worth shouting about.
Claire Boot 2019
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