"Why Not Me"

Following the Seattle Seahawks blowout of the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII Russell Wilson said, “We believed we would get here. At the beginning of the season I told our guys, ‘Hey, why not us?’ ”

Then he talked about what his late father had always told him.

“He used to always tell me ‘Russ, why not you?’ And what that meant was believe in yourself, believe in the talent God has given you even though you are 5-foot-11, and you can go a long ways. That’s why I decided to play football, and I wanted to go against the odds a little bit.”

Virtually all of us have the ability to accomplish great things and most of us, deep down, know it.  So why do so few of us live the life that most of us marvel at? Perhaps, if we asked ourselves every day, “Why not me?” we would overcome our doubts.  For most of us, we are our biggest critics, focusing on our doubts, with thoughts such as: “I’m not good enough,” “What do I have to offer?” “Who will be interested in my services?” Isn’t it time we start asking ourselves, “Why not me?” and when success comes, we can say as Russell Wilson “(I) we believed (I) we would get here.” Accomplishment starts with the decision to try.