Writings by Learners

My Insights on the Super Bowl
by Edwin Caughell

One, the best team won. Two, the football game itself was a bore.
     The commercials and half time kept me watching it. Why did the Baltimore Ravens win the game? The team walked their talk. They put action into the words they spoke. They worked like a unit, a team wanting to win, especially their defense.
     The Baltimore Raven’s defense is one of the greatest defenses around. Why? To me they are a well-balanced group: men working together to win—and they did just that.
     Here’s a quote from Dave Murphy, a Chronicle Career Search Editor: “The Baltimore Ravens are in the Super Bowl today because they follow a workplace principle that many bosses and employees overlook. They emphasize their strengths far more than they try to overcome their weakness.”
     If we have feelings and don’t express them in the right way and don’t control them, how are we to act on our feelings? We are paralyzed. This is why Baltimore won. They knew what they needed to do about their feelings and emotions about the game. They acted upon them appropriately and won. This is a good object lesson for you and me.


Photos from SunSpot.net
Background from the Official Website of the Baltimore Ravens

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