What do you Believe to be true?

We are approaching championship season and our goals and belief's of what we can or can't to do at the end of the season will be put to the test.

When it come to achieving great things, what we believe we can do plays a huge part.  We are products of the opportunities given to us by our parents, the community we are a part of, the team that we practice with, and the coaches we play for, among other things.  Within those influences we accumulate a belief of what we can or can't do and unfortunately, they usually limit us.  For example, I am too short to be a great swimmer, I don't have big enough feet to kick fast, nobody on my team has ever accomplished that, my parents weren't great athletes, I am not as talented as him/her, and the list goes on. 


The problem with this is that not many of these belief's are true.  Eric Vendt was one of the best swimmers in the world at sub 6 ft., Tom Dolan won gold medals with severe asthma, Missy Franklin's parents were not great swimmers, Tom Malchow won gold medals and admits he had no coordination.  The difference is at some point along the way, these athletes started to believe that they could achieve great things at the highest level.

Where this happens could be anywhere along the road.  A small compliment from a coach, an image that gets stuck between the ears, expectations of a team, results from a race or practice, or sometimes just being in the right place at the right time.

Don't limit yourself to what your environment says you can or can't do.  Believe in yourself because if you doubt yourself, you are definitely outnumbered.

II Timothy 1:7 "For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline."