This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Splitting Stones

There’s a story of man whose job was to hammer away at massive stones and break them up. It might take 100 blows to the stone for it to split in two. There’s two ways to look at it. First, he finally had enough strength after all the attempts to break the rock apart on 100thblow, or that it wasn’t the final blow, but that it was all that came before which made the difference. This week we’re going to take this story and apply it to school, sports, and the working world.

Whether it’s school, sports, or work there are sure to be endless frustrations. For the student things could not be clicking in a particular class. Every day feels the same and it is as if there’s no progress being made. There is no tangible reward. The student may ask, “Why do I need to know or do this?”

The athlete will experience frustration when they feel as if the results are not there. The wins are not piling up, they’re not scoring as many points, and playing time has not increased. Frustration will mount if there’s no recognition of the work being put in. The athlete may ask, “Why does coach keep having us do this? It’s not working. Fundamentals are boring. Why do we continue to do this?”

Find out what's happening in St. Charleswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

To continue reading, please click here

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?

More from St. Charles