Scrappers

With the help of some loyal friends, my wife and I have taken over the responsibilities of the youth wrestling club here. To our surprise and delight over 90 kids have signed up and are participating with us - nearly double what it has been in past years!  What a great group of kids too!  I genuinely love the sport like kids love cake :).  We are the Silver Creek Scrappers.
This week especially, in practice we have discussed what it means to be a scrapper. We have developed drills around and worked hard to develop this attribute in our wrestlers.  For what it is worth, here is my definition - A scrapper is someone who recognizes, seizes and takes full advantage of the opportunities they are given.  Scrappers work hard, are opportunistic, and filled with a positive hopeful attitude.  They anxiously await, even expect, each coming opportunity and know that hard work and hustle will help them take full advantage of it.    
I aspire not just to be a "scrappy" wrestler I guess, but a scrappy person overall.  We each have so many opportunities to do good.  Many more than we are ever able to handle.  Some of them feel different than others though.  They seem to bear heaven's recommendation.  Those are the ones that need to be seized immediately and magnified.  Each time that I have done so, I have found joy and fulfillment in increasing measure.  Each time I have hesitated or neglected to take such an opportunity I have missed out.  Just because it s right though, doesn't mean that it will be easy.  Like with our wrestling club - it will, more often than not, be a scrap.