Reflection

This morning’s reflection is one of those moments where you look at your routines and your habits and you evaluate them with honesty. You get to see if they are habits of excellence or habits that quietly pull you in the opposite direction. Every one of us has daily routines. Some sharpen us and some dull us. Some pull us toward mastery and some drift us backwards if we are not paying attention.

The truth is that champions rise to the level of the systems they have in place. If you have a system for performance or a system for keeping your mind locked in and grounded, then that system becomes the anchor that holds you steady. It keeps you committed and centered when adversity shows up.

When you sharpen your tools daily instead of letting them dull, you give yourself the ability to cut through challenges. Every routine at first can feel dull when you wake up, but the repetition sharpens it. The same goes for evening routines, pre shot routines in sports, pre game routines, and even the routines you do after a performance. Your systems become the structure that stabilizes you in the middle of chaos because chaos will come. Adversity will come. The question is whether your routines are sharp enough to help you stay ready.

Reflection is the key. You have to look at your day and ask what went well. You ask what could have gone better. You ask what you can improve tomorrow. When you notice habits that are deconstructing or distracting, you confront them, not with judgment, but with awareness. You learn from adversity. You learn from your mistakes. You learn from your patterns. Then you step forward with intention.

If you can manage your environment better and manage your energy better, you will move through the day with a deeper harmony. As a dad, my responsibility is to model that for Bella and to support Barbi as we grow together. We do not avoid adversity. We learn through it. We prepare through it. We sharpen through it.

So today let’s do the best we can. Let’s make it better than the day before. Let’s improve one small thing. Let’s season the day with hope and faith, trusting that everything is working out for us as long as we keep showing up and giving our best.