Kids, do not watch this video: the one of Michael Jordan accepting his induction into the basketball hall of fame.  Its not a pleasant sight, something of a train wreck.  What used to be perceived as his "competitiveness" and "drive" to excel on the basketball court when filtered through the sports media and marketing agencies is now more clearly seen as bitterness that is tempered with a bloated sense of self-importance.  You can google for the video, its now in internet posterity.  To use that context to belittle others you have disagreed with along the road of life is sad to see.  Michael referred to the chiding of one of the coaches in Chicago who (attempted to) direct him away from selfish play on the court:  “Tex said there was no I in team. Well, that’s true. But there is an I in win. So however you want it.”  He literally addressed his children in his speech and said (in light of his accomplishments) "You guys have a heavy burden.  I wouldn't want to be you."  I've interacted with some pretty arrogant, aloof people along the way, and at the end of the day I can't help but think that while they feel clever in the moment or triumphant in what they accomplished (which was largely then at the expense of others) there is yet the final assessment of a life well-lived.  Its not being the loudest person in the room, or most effectively gathering others to yourself.  The world is rampant with those "heroes" and we even wink at it and at times tacitly approve of it in the Body of Christ.  Jesus said the greatest among us were those who were serving others in the most giving, assertive way...  not to be seen nor applauded but to make the lives of others better.  Consider John Bunyan and David Brainerd, of Jim Elliott and his companions.  And most of all, consider Jesus.  He came into the world, His own did not receive Him, yet He did not hesitate to lay down His life.

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