What Makes It All Worth It?

photo credit: Julius Von Der Pahlen [Querelle]

“Only a life lived for oth­ers is worth liv­ing” — Albert Einstein

Today was the end of our children’s soc­cer sea­son. I coached my younger son’s team. We had a year of ups and downs, but really fin­ished the year on a high note. It was a fun year (we have a sea­son in the fall and spring) and I had a lot of fun coach­ing. We cel­e­brated the end of the sea­son, not because we won, but because we improved and grew as a team. So, the ques­tion is, was coach­ing this team all worth the time and effort that went into it?

It’s all worth it because at the end of the sea­son I feel like I have helped some­one else (the kids on the team), I have devel­oped rela­tion­ships, and I feel appre­ci­ated. Am I always reminded of this? No. And I’m sure you’re not either all the time. Some­times will be dif­fi­cult, and some will be eas­ier. Some­times the dif­fi­cult times lead to great lessons. In the end, what you put in is what you get out. And, I believe that if you feel work work is appre­ci­ated, and you feel you are help­ing some­one else — that is what makes it worth it to you too.

So, think about those times in your life where you have all this in har­mony. And be thank­ful for the moments you have like this that really make it all worth it.

Lance writes sto­ries from his heart, aim­ing to inspire and moti­vate, as you align more fully with YOUR true peak. When he’s not here, you can find him hang­ing out with his fam­ily, rid­ing a bike, or just gen­er­ally act­ing goofy.   Sign up for the Thoughts from the Tree­house newslet­ter and get addi­tional inspi­ra­tion in your email inbox!

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