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- "I'm nothing without the suit."
My wife is a big fan of Iron Man and the Marvel movies. Recently she was watching the movie “Spider-Man: Homecoming” while I was sitting in her office. This scene grabbed my attention. Watch this ~2 minute clip as it will inspire your journal activity.
Peter Parker: “You don’t understand! Please, this is all I have! I’m nothing without this suit!”
Tony Stark: “If you are nothing without this suit, then you shouldn’t have it.”
This reminds me of so many of our high school athletes today. Their identity is so wrapped up in what they do (their sport), that they feel like they are nothing if it is taken away. Can you relate to this?
I appreciate Tony Starks response. To me he is telling Peter that his identity better be rooted in WHO he is (his character and his belief in himself without all the extra stuff) and not WHAT he has or WHAT he gets to do.
In sports some of the things we can get wrapped up in are a starting position, a title, a result, a goal, our team’s success, player rankings, social media recognition, etc.
An athlete who is FREE2COMPETE is very intentional about what their identity is rooted in!
“My value comes from WHO I am, not from WHAT I do!”
JOURNAL ACTIVITY
WHAT is your identity rooted in?
WHO would you be if that thing was taken away?
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