What Do We Do Now ?

Congratulations to UNC and their well deserved NCAA championship. Thank you to all the players for your commitment and sacrifice. Thank you to Tyler Hansborough for everything you have done these last 4 years and best of luck in the NBA.

What do we do now? We all woke up this morning or for some like myself this early afternoon with a sense of accomplishment and pride. We love this team for bringing us these feelings. All our hard work as fans has payed off. All the stress and nervousness was for not our team was in control the whole time. But how?

How could these kids be in such control? How could they overcome all the pressure and perform at such a high level? Does it have anything to do with their preparation, commitment and sacrifice? Does it have EVERYTHING to do with their preparation,commitment and sacrifice.

They all made a choice to perform at their highest level possible. Everyday they collectively made a choice and held each other accountable. Why do we find it so hard to make the right choices to perform at our highest level? Just like with these kids we know what we should be doing what we should be eating but still, day after day we continue to make the wrong choices.

We really don't have pure control over much in life. Whether we think we do or not, we don't have control over our spouses, our children, our jobs. What we do have control over is how well we prepare ourselves to live our lives or how poorly we prepare ourselves to live our lives. Why when we such ultimate control in this most essential area are we collectively doing such a terrible job in this preparation?

Now that the dust is beginning to settle I want to issue a challenge to us all. Let's all come together for our common good and start holding ourselves accountable for how we prepare to live our lives. Let us individually take control of our health, fitness and diet. Let's pledge to stop talking about how we need to lose weight or eat better or start working out. Let's create a community that supports one another, holds each other accountable and let's do it.

Commit as much energy to your health and fitness as you did to Carolina basketball (or whatever your team is) and we will all be well on our way to living a much more fulfilling life. That is what we do now!