You know, sometimes we miss, you know? We just miss. Sometimes you don't make the shot.

You know, I'm basketball when I used to play. I noticed a coach do something interesting.

When one of us would miss an important shot, he would instantly be yelling, go, go, go, go, go.

Come on. Keep it moving. Especially when you had that clear shot, that clear opportunity.

Because when you miss a shot, what happens? We often put our head down. We slouch, we move slower,

we question what happened, what our worth is. But in basketball, there's no time for that.

By the time you look back up, the other team is already on the other side of the court,

making their shot. We have to keep our spirit up because sometimes we miss and it is what it is.

You know, some of us have missed this year, last year, over and over. Maybe we stepped into the wrong

relationships. Heartbroken. Fell short on our own commitments. A lot ourselves to convince ourselves

or not good enough again and again. Isn't that something? We will sit there and convince ourselves

out of doing something again, out of fear. But really what that is, it's out of our own self-protection.

Protection from feeling that hurt again, that bruised on our spirit. Think about this. When you

get a cut on your skin, what happens? At first it hurts, but the body does something magical. It heals.

You can leave a small cut untouched, no bandaid even. And within a few days the body will have healed

and patched up that sore. So if our flesh has this ability to naturally heal,

think of the possibilities of the spirit. The spirit is much stronger than the flesh, isn't it?

Isn't it so? You know, I always say I am 87% spirit.

13% flesh. 87% spirit. 13% flesh. A lot of times I feel like I'm still trying to get used to

being in a human body. But it's also because we put more emphasis on the spirit, knowing that's

where the true strength comes from. That directs and eludes everything else in our life, you understand.

You can be led by spirit or you can be led by yourself, by your flesh. It's for you to decide.

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