I found a very inspirational and thought provoking post from a former student, and I’ve leaned on him plenty of times before. Coach Ray Ostrowski (@CoachRayO3313) is an amazing teacher and football coach, where he goes out of his way to share things just about every day with his students and players, but also the rest of the world too.  This long-time educator and coach recognizes the importance of learning all of the time and that’s one of the main driving forces behind this podcast and just about everything that I do.  Coach Ray shares this:  “1st & 3rd - Life is not fair. The only thing in life that is fair is a ball hit between 1st & 3rd. We are promised adversity in life. Everything you achieve - everything you do, you’ll have to overcome difficulties. Your integrity & your character are what will define you. How you handle the adversity?”  In today’s world - especially here in our country, we have way too many examples of those that DON’T have much character and integrity and we can see where that gets people in life.  There are so many reasons and examples for us to keep working on these two success ingredients.  The world needs us to step up and put these into action for sure.  Thanks for listening.  Please take a few moments to subscribe & share this with someone, also leave a 5 Star rating on Apple Podcasts and ITunes or other services where you find this show.  Find me on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/coachtoexpectsuccess/   on Twitter / “X”:  @coachtosuccess   and on Instagram at:  @coachjohndaly  - My YouTube Channel is at: Coach John Daly.   Email me at: [email protected]     You can also head on over to https://www.coachtoexpectsuccess.com/ and get in touch with me there on my homepage along with checking out my Top Book list too.  Other things there on my site are being worked on too.  Please let me know that you are reaching out to me from my podcast.