Man in the Mirror
Man in the Mirror
You might be asking yourself, “What could this mirror I am looking into
possibly have to do with athletics?” You should be asking yourself this
question, because you should never stop asking yourself questions that
deal with your work ethic as an athlete. You have never thought about
it, but you and this mirror share the closest and most intimate
relationship between you and anything else in your life. You will not
admit to anyone else that you did not work as hard as you could have
today, but the real truth lies deep inside of you, and even deeper inside
the mirror. The one great thing about you being the athlete and the
mirror being the mirror is that the mirror will never lie to you and you
will never be able to fool the mirror. The truth surfaces each time you
look back into your own eyes with each passing glance and reflecting
stare. You, the athlete: Contemplating whether you can accept or not
accept all you did this very day to be the best athlete you can be.
Understand, you are the only one who has to look at yourself through
this mirror – not only today, but every day. You are the only one who
has to look inside before you sleep at night wondering whether your
conscience can reconcile with each passing beat of your heart the
thought that you may not have given the game all you should have
today. And because today is now over, you are the only one who knows
what you must do tomorrow. These concepts reveal the greatest truths
that you will ever know about yourself, as you see what you want to
see through your own eyes. You see the real you in your purest form.
What is left, then, are two questions, and only your soul holds the key:
Are you honest with your virtues, your weaknesses, and most of all
yourself? And can you live, without any regrets, each and every time
you look at "The Athlete Inside The Mirror?"