Death is so weird because I don’t think Jayden Adams would have ever imagined the entire football world standing still for him.
The world’s biggest stars pausing what matters most as a sign of respect for his life.
I hope he knew he was a big deal and may we never forget🤍
I love reading David’s crash-outs in the Psalms. 😭 One minute he’s praising God, the next he’s pouring out his frustration about evil, injustice, and why the wicked seem to prosper. It’s comforting to know that even a man after God’s own heart brought his hardest questions to God.
being tired almost all the time is more like a psychological thing. for me, the reason is not because you are doing too much, it's because your mind is heavy, it's carrying too much.
your not just tired from the tasks in front of you. you are tired from the thoughts you keep replaying, the problems you keep analyzing, the decisions you keep delaying and the things you keep telling yourself you will handle later.
your body can rest yes but your mind keeps working in the background, you know that, right?
so most times, what you need is not more sleep, it is clarity, it is closure, it is removing the mental weight you have been carrying for too long. a peaceful mind can make the same workload feel lighter but a crowded mind can make even a simple day feel exhausting.
it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself.
the relationship w Him isn’t flawless. I’d argue it was never meant to be. Bc if it was , we’d never have lessons ( even painful ) ones to take away and most importantly, we’d never understand why we need Him daily. In good and bad times.
So I think maybe there’s a need for us to renew our minds about how prayer actually works. The possibility of things going left isn’t eradicated by the utterance of seeking the divine. I think part of understanding conversations with God ( prayer) is also the acceptance
that things could go wrong. The latter isn’t meant to make us believe God isn’t “real” but it’s also to help us understand that even our relationship with God , our tragedies aren’t a measure of God’s power. It’s an uncomfortable truth that requires us to understand that
get a haircut every 2 weeks to stay sharp, wait 5 secs before answering the phone to control the rhythm, always arrive 15 mins early, stay away from free lunches, never talk about people who aren't in the room and when anger rises, wait 10 mins before reacting. these habits may look rigid but they're the hidden discipline of the elite.
i think the saddest part about growing up is realizing nobody is coming to save you. The version of you that’s exhausted, scared, and overwhelmed still has to wake up and keep going tomorrow.