So I may have mentioned before that when I was growing up. I was a swimmer

I also might have mentioned that when I first started swimming. I was a bad swimmer

Like a really bad swimmer. I was I didn't start swimming competitively at six years old

And I remember so clearly I didn't like practice and I really didn't even like the meats because

And one of my first meets I don't know well here's what happened

I've got it behind the blocks right here's the deal and you're just a little kid and you're waiting for your your race to start

And they're calling you and you walk down the pool back and stand behind your block and they say okay

Swimmers take your blocks get up on the block and I totally fall started and if you know anything about

Swimming and fall starting least for for us back then it was one and done like it wasn't like you get another shot

It was you fall start once and your race is over and I remember you know

But you jumped off the blocks now here in the water everyone standing looking at the one kid in the water

As you're just like man you you don't get to swim now you have to pull yourself out of the water and everyone steals it on that gets on their

Block and everyone's watching you and you have to like I remember this so clearly just like walking on the pool deck

Everyone else is getting ready to swim with this watch watch you walk by yourself back to your sweats and like no one can say anything right like because you're disqualified

And I'm like hey good job. Oh

Like hey, you tried like no, I just jumped too soon like

And it's one of those things like you didn't you didn't even get a shot right?

That your race was over basically even before it started you name get a chance you're just you're just as qualified

Your race is over even before you had a chance to try

And I just think about this a lot because I

Think sometimes that that idea of just being disqualified is something that really can get into our hearts

In fact, I think that a lot of us when it comes to maybe even

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