Violence in Chicago. A demand for free college, and a lack of determination to earning something through performance. Governments wasting funds and petty squabbling across party lines.
We’ve got too many holes in our boat and too many different hands pulling the oars. We’re circling in the water. All it takes is a glance at the news to know that we’re headed in the wrong direction.
I recently heard about a football coach from the University of Minnesota who coined the phrase ‘Row the Boat.’ Let’s take a look at what that means and how it applies to our country.
What Row the Boat Means
The concept was created by P.J. Fleck and revolves around the simple concept that one should never give up. We’re all rowing this boat together. How does a boat work?
- You need an Oar – this is the energy that you bring to your cause, relationships, work and life. This is what will move our boat. We need the right energy, and we need to share the same type of energy to move forward together.
- Then you need the Boat – this is the sacrifice we must make to move forward. We have to sacrifice to get what we have never had as a country, even if it means sacrificing our opinion.
- Finally, we must have a Compass – we need to travel in the right direction as one, and surround ourselves with positivity, rather than negativity.
If we focus on the present and rowing our boat as a country, together, we will ultimately achieve great goals and a better quality of life for all Americans. But how do we do that?
