# @alliseeisgold on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ClBp2KwrcZR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/1183504-alliseeisgold-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-11-16T14:51:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jordan Burroughs (@alliseeisgold) — https://gondola.cc/alliseeisgold

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This is my boy Beacon. He was born in a wrestling singlet. He had his first pair of wrestling shoes before he could even say the words “double leg”. 

From the day he was born, the wrestling world embraced him. He was the designated golden child of wrestling; people called him “Baby Champ,” and said some day he’d be better than his Dad. In his eight years of life, there’s already been a ton of pressure on him to follow in my footsteps. 

As my wife Lauren and I raise him, we are doing our best to allow him the freedom to choose the activities he’d like to pursue. He chooses certain sports and endeavors and we try our best to give him the ability to grow at his own pace while still helping him understand the value of hard work and overcoming discomfort.

If Beacon wants to be a great wrestler, I will do everything I can to support him in his dream. But champion pedigree only gets you a foot in the door. Being a great athlete takes more than just DNA. There’s countless variables that need to fall perfectly in place to become great in this sport — or any sport for that matter.

So while I can’t guarantee athletic success for my kids, I will instead focus on the people they’ll become along the way…

I pray they’ll become men and women of honor and integrity — Ones who are committed to welcoming challenges, preparing for them, and cultivating the skills to overcome them. 

Wrestling is a metaphor for life.

I realize that if Beacon does wrestle, he’ll undoubtedly have an audience expecting big things from him. It’s just the nature of being the kid of a professional athlete. But I plan on doing my best to center him in humility, and keep his eyes focused on what’s important.

My goal is to make him a great man, not a great athlete. 

But of course I’d love both! The crazy thing about expectations is that some people actually live up to them If they’re equipped with the right stuff. Surround your kids with honorable men and women, help them cultivate a pure love for their craft, figure out when and how to push them, and develop their hearts. Do that, and I’m sure they’ll get their hands raised plenty. 

Because the real gold isn’t always the one you can wear.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jordan Burroughs | @alliseeisgold | https://gondola.cc/alliseeisgold | Athlete |
| Levi Ventura | @LeviVentura_ | https://gondola.cc/LeviVentura_ | Content Producer |

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