What a powerful day! I had the opportunity to go to my wife's school today and listen to Cody Hodges (Former QB for Texas Tech) speak on behalf of Rachel's Challenge. For those of you who don't know, Rachel was the first person who lost her life in the Columbine shootings. Her father is carrying on her dream of reaching out to the world by showing acts of kindness. It was a very moving message and really makes you stop and think about how you live your life.
Here is what is so strange: When I got back to work, I had a message on my machine from a man who lived in the town we played in Friday night. He was shocked that I called him back. He wanted to let me know how thankful he was for a young man in my basketball program. He told me he nearly lost his life in October in a car accident. He was just now getting around with the help of a cane. Our boys were leaving the gym to load the bus and Trey went back and got the doors for him. He said, "Coach I know you think this is probably silly, but that was one of the nicest things I have ever seen. In this negative society, I just wanted you to know how many positives you have in your program. For your player to do that after a tough loss meant the world to me." I caught a tear because all that was running through my mind was the events from this morning while listening to Rachel's Challenge. The power of her message was shining at that moment.
I sat my whole program down this afternoon and told this story. I told them that Trey's actions might have changed that man's outlook on life. I told them that you never know what kind of an impact that you may have on people and that you should alway be a positive influence. I thanked them for being young men of character and told them how proud I am to be their coach.
What a powerful day and to think it was just from hearing about a young man hold a door open for another man.
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