Discovery Time

There’s a joy in the morning. Music playing with rumblings of tomorrow just out the door. Sun shining through the dark skies as all the fears and sorrows begin to be washed away with onrush of possibilities. Every decision made guided by making tomorrow better than yesterday. Regrets, sadness, could-have-beens--Gone. As the sun warms the face, all the tears are dried away. All the hurt is healed. All gone for something better.

As the truck turns the corner, there is a roar for tomorrow.  The other team will be heading soon. A four hour drive from Atascadero. Their players are good, but the record does not reflect many victories. One game at a time. Tonight may be a classic. Weather is storming and the aura of undefeatability is again to be tested. Almost all the games our team won were handled easily. Margins of victory have been heavy. Was the competition light or was our team that good? We will learn that today. 

Any Given Sunday –This saying means on any given day. One team can win. One can Team can lose. What the real test is this, Can one Win or Lose like a Man. It is the competition that matters. Winning and losing are not what is important.  If one focuses on the little things, they may miss the heavenly glory.  

Weather is cold and unlike anything ever faced this year. Team is from up North where the competition is tough.  Our team is undefeated and may be too cocky. Past playoff performances have been good, but the ultimate title still unachieved.  Many possible excuses to not win exist. Will this team discover victory?

It is battle within oneself. Fighting the elements. Battling one’s self doubt. It is competing against the other’s skill, will, and heart.  It comes down to 48 minutes of playing time between the 100 yard field.  All the planning and preparation comes down to execution. From whistle to whistle, does this team deserve the number one ranking?

Still, there is calmness a midst all the rumblings. Tomorrow meets today. All these doubts and expectations—All the planning and preparation—All past victories and losses—All comes down to today. No more time to practice and prepare. No more time to regret yesterday. No more time to ready for tomorrow.  Today is the Day. It is right now where all possibilities become choices.  No more this way or that. It is time where one defines his history. All those what-ifs become this is what happened.

There is a smile that rumblings of the past will no longer be relevant.  There is a smile that Future is right now.  What will matter will be the inches of grass. Decisions will be made without thought. Step too early or too late will mean a first down or touchdown.  Every minute, every second will matter. The will one team tested by another’s.

 Discoveries are made.  Did all head work ready the team for today? Was all the physical preparation enough to match their athleticism? Did all practice make ready this team to be  mistake free?

Questions will be answered today. Are they more athletic? Are they better coached? Will the team’s true heart be shown? Will our team's heart rise? Will our team win the last game? It’s one and done now. Win, we move on. Lose, let us not entertain this thought.  Its test time. There is joy in knowing that it’s time to find out. Will all the hard work mean a victory? Will all that you have done in the past prepared for you today? It brings a smile to one’s face. There is warmness that comes around. 

Why? Because today is a day of Discovery.