Hail Of A Day

You may have seen the viral video a couple months ago where Kobe Bryant jumped over a speeding Aston Martin as it was heading towards him. It’s up to you to believe, or not believe, it’s validity. Kenny Smith of TNT did a parody of the jump that is absolutely hilarious. This is most assuredly what would happen to me if I tried to jump a car coming at me. If you’ve seen the original Kobe clip, skip ahead to the Kenny clip about 2 minutes into the video.

I came across this great quote the other day:

Most presentations aren’t better for being longer, most conference calls aren’t better for being extended, most meetings aren’t more productive because you spent more time in the room. It’s just that in this age of super-sizing everything from hamburgers to automobiles, we’ve become addicted to the idea that more is better. I am here to ask you to join my revolution, to tattoo on your brain, if not your backside, that “More isn’t better. Better is better.”

It’s true, isn’t it? Our whole tendency as a society is to grow, conquer, be bigger and better. I find that I’m always approaching any system or ideal with the thought, “how can I improve this?” That’s not a bad thing if you are trying to make it better, but I think that I fall into the trap of throwing bodies at it. Can we learn to separate better from bigger? And at the heart of it all, can I learn to be content. That is a powerful word. It has gained such a negative connotation in our competitive, business world but the bible says that it is a virtue of a person at peace. Changing for the sake of changing is, at it’s core, a sign of restlessness. So I challenge us all to learn to practice contentment, parallel to our quest for betterment.

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