Lifestyle support is, in many
ways, a form of preparation for the unknown.
How will we cope when things go wrong? What will we do with our lives
when we retire from sport? But how do
we prepare for things going wrong, without stressing about it or constantly
fearing the unknown? How do we plan for
the rainy day without becoming so scared of the rain that we don’t want to
leave the house?
Planning for all eventualities
needs to become a passive part of our being.
We need to remember to always have a raincoat or umbrella in the bottom
of our kitbags, without even thinking about the rain, or how a wet day might
affect our performance. This comes with
planning and practice.
But planning can only take care
of so much, and for the days that even the best planning in the world couldn’t
have prepared us for, we need to develop a sense of humor and acceptance. Beating ourselves up over something we
couldn’t control won’t make things any better.
There are times when we just need let go of the control and let the
adrenalin take us through.
And don’t ever look back on the
rainy days and regret not having taken the opportunity to splash about in the
puddles. Because those are the days when
the sun truly shines for us.
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