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Bronze 🥉
My daughter had a gymnastics competition on the weekend.
She got a bronze medal.
... And she was disappointed to say the least.
Like… genuinely sad.
Trying not to cry in the car on the way home.
Convinced she did the worst.
Comparing herself to every other gymnast on the floor.
All she could see was that she didn't get the gold.
Meanwhile I'm sitting there like… are you kidding me?
This kid... over the last 8 months ... learned how to do a back-bend kickover
a full floor routine, nsync with the music
Developed enough strength to do a pull over and back hip circle on bars.
and was jumping around on a balance beam. 🤯
She did this entire competition while sick, by the way. She showed up to compete when she could've
stayed home.
She didn't quit. She performed.
And she won her first real medal.
Not a participation ribbon. An actual earned medal.
... But none of that registered right away.
Not the growth. Not the resilience. Not the showing up.
Just… "I didn't get gold." 😢
but I was so proud of her.
And it broke my heart a little that she couldn't see what I could see.
And then this morning as I was thinking about this... I caught myself.
Because I do the same thing.
I hit a goal and immediately move the post. I have a great month and compare it to someone else's
screenshot. I build something I'm proud of and then find the one crack in it to obsess over.
You probably do this too.
You've grown more than you realize. You've survived things that would've taken out most people. You've
built or are building something real ... from nothing but a thought in your head ...
and you're still here, still showing up, still in the arena.
and maybe...
all you can see is the gold you haven't gotten yet.
and if you resonate with that then maybe you need to hear what I told my daughter as we snuggled in
bed at the end of the day.
I told her I was proud of her growth. Proud of her resilience. Proud that she showed up and competed
when she didn't feel great. And that she gets to keep going. She gets to keep doing something she loves
and keep getting better at it.
She smiled a little.
I think she needed to hear it from someone outside her own head.
So maybe you do too.
You're doing better than you think.
Dan "proud dad" Harrison
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Bronze 🥉
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