Dear Humans,

I heard a former football player say something wise on the radio the other day. We don’t always look to gridiron giants for pearls of wisdom, but here it is: “Our nature will not make us great.”

We humans must work hard and do things we don’t want to do to become great. Discipline ourselves, challenge ourselves, and go beyond our comfort zones. Yes, we should be true to ourselves, but it’s more important that we’re true to the better selves that we’re capable of becoming.

And that’s what school (and sports) is all about–training ourselves to be better than we were yesterday. Learning things that don’t come naturally to us. Changing who we are so we’re more useful to this world.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt