Nothing lasts forever, does it?
For those that don’t know me, I am a diehard Atlanta Falcons fan. I’ve been a fan since 2001, which not only happens to have been my first live NFL game, but it was Michael Vick’s rookie year. It was that day that the hometown hero made me become a Falcons fan.
Fast forward a couple of years to 2008, when Matt Ryan was drafted. Matt Ryan immediately became the leader of the team from then to this very day. Two years later in the 2010 NFL draft, the Falcons make a blockbuster trade to acquire the one, the only, Julio Jones.
Julio Jones is a freak of nature. 6′3, 220 lbs at wide receiver who runs a 4.39 in his 40 time. It was that very moment that Matt Ryan and Julio Jones started to shred defenses for many years to come.
This year, the Atlanta Falcons hired Arthur Smith as the new head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. This was a young coach who was known as one of the best offensive minds in the game. I immediately started to think about all of the ways that Arthur Smith would use Julio Jones...until this past week.
On Monday, May 24th, the NFL world learned that Julio Jones requested a trade from the Atlanta Falcons in March. I went through a range of emotions (men and our sports). From shock, to anger, to sad, to confused, you name it, I felt it. Then came the realization: This is it, it’s over.
I thought Julio Jones would be a Falcon forever. I thought he would play every game in a Falcons uniform until he couldn’t play anymore. The man himself even said he’d be a Falcon forever. What changed?
There are some things that just don’t last forever. Sometimes you won’t know it until that day arrives. It may throw you off for awhile too, but eventually you’ll have to accept it in order for you to move on to the place that you’re supposed to go. So if you’re enjoying something right now, if you’re going through something, do yourself a favor and appreciate those moments. Appreciate the processes that you’re going through. Cherish it all. Because one day it’ll all be over and you don’t want to look back wishing of something different. Like football coaches say, “Give it everything that you got and leave it all on the field”
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