Expectations and 'History'

"Do not set expectations that you're not sure of." - Alone, Season 11

Alone is a reality survival show on the History Channel. "The red button is a dream-crushing killer..." that allows contestants to "tap out" and return home, suffering losers, enduring freezing cold, mind-numbing loneliness, and withering hunger. 

Athletes face the reality of challenge every day, every week, every year. They decide minute by minute, hour by hour whether to pay the physical and mental price. Stay focused and engaged 100 percent or "check out." 

But your day at home or school provides the same opportunity. Be "all in" or something less. "All in" might mean helping to cook dinner, shovel the driveway, or care for a younger sibling. 

On the court, keep communicating, encouraging teammates, showing up with effort, even though tired, sore, or a little bit sick.

Your sacrifice rewards those who believed in you from Day 1 through today - your family. Your effort pays your teammates who trust and care about you.

You gotta believe as much as others around you. Don't push that button. 

Lagniappe. The back row has your back.