“Not everything is a sacrifice. Some things are simply choices.”
I’m sending you a message you better catch it.
The World Cup is about to start.
Over the next few weeks we’ll hear a lot about sacrifice.
The sacrifices players made.
The sacrifices families made.
The sacrifices coaches made.
But if we’re being truthful...
Not everything was a sacrifice.
Some of it was a choice.
A choice to train when others were resting.
A choice to leave home.
A choice to keep going after being released.
A choice to miss certain moments because another dream mattered more at that time.
That’s different.
Because when you call everything a sacrifice, you become a victim of your own story.
When you call it a choice, you take ownership of it.
Nobody forced them.
They decided.
Just like every day you’re deciding what you’re willing to prioritise and what you’re willing to leave behind.
The question isn’t:
“What have I sacrificed?”
The real question is:
“What am I choosing?”
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