Of course you know him, at least if you are under 40 years Or if you remotely follow sports in some way, you cannot not know him. Ladies & gents, I'm talking about "His royal airness" "The best ever?" "?the greatest athlete of all time"....standing 6 foot 6, less than 5% body fat, soaring over guys almost a foot taller than him, poetry in motion ....the greatest Basketballer you would have ever seen -MICHAEL JORDAN.
Ok maybe I overdid the intro....and yes I'm not going to talk ablout him or his life but rather another basketball great....nicknamed The Admiral....the 7foot center of San Antonio Spurs - David Robinson. At the start of his illustrious career, MJ was at his peak, winning the NBA championship 3 times in a row. When Robinson watched that momentous ceremony on TV seeing MJ kissing the trophy, tears flowing down his cheeks, he thought "Something is wrong with this picture", "Is that what I want to be doing in my life?" "Sweat, bleed and give my all...so that in the end I can kiss a piece of metal?"
David Robinson rose in his career to be inducted into the NBA hall of fame, remembered as onr of the best Big Men to have played the game, won the championship and gave a beautiful testimony professing his faith in God in front of millions of TV viewers. He is also a well known philantrophist, an exemplary role model who has donated thousands to help kids finish their schooling.
David Robinson saw the big picture; he saw what many people missed out; saw what really mattered, rather at that point, he saw what DIDNT or WILL NOT matter in the big picture of life. Like many other basketball stars, his biggest inspiration was the great Michael Jordan, but of course, how? quite differently!
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Yes theres so much more to life...than just our careers..
though we need to earn to eat
and to meet our wants
and basic needs...
this post just reminded me of a Pillar song..
"Your life is like a picture without any paint
It's left you feeling blank and a little incomplete"
seeing the bigger picture ..so important.. i think ive heard about this Michael Jordan guy :-) but now ive learnt a little about David Robinson.. guess he's got a slam dunk move..Jordan doesn't have..
psst...check out www.parasitewonders.blogspot.com. It's probably your kinda thing
Hmm... i was just thinking after reading your blog. It would be too unfortunate if we can't find inspiration at all.. lest, we are still alive to satisfy our hearts' desire.... whichever way.....
Great lesson, though one may call it negative inspiration. Good reminder that life is not all about success.
@Blind Dayze - Yup sometimes, we do need to see the big picture....not sometimes actually, WE NEED to...
@diary - haha...the blog and social networks are my retreat from the parasitic world, nevertheless, i cud identify them..thanks
He who has a WHY to live for can bear with almost any HOW...Our careers are actually not the why of our lives...ni awm tak a ni
Without God, we are nothing, regardless of what we have achieved.
Hi,
I nau chu engnge i pek tak a, a b'day ah chuan?
You were asking me what do i think of that handbag in the small shop inside CMC :-) we left the shop earlier than you, just last week!
Just asking n curious!
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