Family Matters

There are two different kinds of family matters: one where your family plays an important role in your life, and then another where you have to call 911 on your own siblings for harassment, which would then be called a  family issue.

When it comes to athletes, it's their increase in wealth which can either bring a family closer together or tear them apart. In the NBA there are basketball superstars such as Derek Rose and Kevin Garnett who grew up in the projects of Chicago, succeeded, and used their wealth to get their families out of the crime ridden neighborhoods. To them, family matters. And for Rose in particular, his family has actually grown closer together, which speaks volumes about the standards his mom has set before them as a family.

To NFL football player Tyron Smith, his family mattered to him until they took advantage of his high profile salary, gorged him out of
$1 million dollars, and harassed him for even more money to where he had to get the police involved.

You can tell alot about an individual's upbringing by how they present themselves to their friends, co-workers, and those they meet out on the streets. I remember hearing about how Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, after signing a huge contract, went to the movies one day and nonchalantly grabbed a homeless guy from outside the theater to join him.

The way we present ourselves out in the public is not only a reflection of who we are as a person, but it represents our family name.

Comedian Rodney Dangerfield once joked,

"I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap!"

Even if you felt like you were the sap within your family, do your family proud, wear your name proud.
Character means everything.

to be continued