Who Knew?

This past weekend we found ourselves at the Michigan youth wrestling state championships. Christian had qualified to compete by winning his regional. It was a madhouse. I'm not sure of the numbers but there had to be a couple thousand kids there to compete. Add their moms, dads, family and friends and you get a chaotic mess. Long story short Christian went on to win the state championships in his 52lb class, and make us so very proud, but in addition to that he taught me a lesson. This could have been a situation were a 6 year old says "Um, am I in the right place"? and be totally overwhelmed. Yet Christian took the task at hand head on and conquered it with no fear, stress, or sign of uncertainty. When he found out that he had to wrestles for 2 days straight to reach his goal he could have quit before he even started, some did. Thinking the road was too long, or the climb to steep.

As adults we fall into this trap all to often. We have stopped dreaming, stopped thinking bigger than our currents self, and refuse to think of what we could be or could accomplish. This past weekend I looked into the eyes of a six year that had no question of purpose or his resolve to reach his goals. I thank God for kids and especially this one, and the fact that they can teach a 29 year to stop taking themselves so seriously and just let go. Thanks CJ