This comes down
to how you see yourself. It is said that when the children of the Kennedy
family were young, they would go out and play after church. Each child wore a
hat. If they came home without their hat, they would be punished by their
parents. So they decided to play a game that required them to put their butts
on the line.
Every Sunday
they would find a wall and throw their hats over the wall. No matter what it
took each child had to get over the wall to get their hat. Each Sunday they
threw their hats over taller walls.
And each Sunday they came home with their hats.
Perhaps all the
while the goal was to go over the tallest wall. However, they had not developed
the skill and teamwork to achieve it. Therefore, they practiced on lower walls
until they developed the ability to conquer the tallest.
If we look at
the Kennedy family, it would seem that scaling walls gave them the mental
preparedness for much greater achievements. Imagine if you would, that their
goals were never about retrieving hats on the other side of the wall. Imagine
that their childhood games were always part of a bigger plan that became the
Kennedy legacy.
They had always
seen themselves as accomplishing greatness and overcoming obstacles became part
of their playground instead of something to avoid. To do that, you have to see
yourself as already there. You just have to be responsible for the mental and
physical (skills) preparation.
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