There is nothing like speaking to a bunch of athletic directors. Their energy is contagious and you can tell they really love what they do…and so do I. I was in the beautiful northwest last week, speaking for the Washington Athletic Directors and my good buddy Jim Meyerhoff. I flew into Seattle and drove to Yakima. The trees are so green and full of leaves. I was thinking what if I was here just a few months later, and someone was to ask me to describe the trees. I would tell them the leaves were scarlet and golden, and the ground beneath the trees was like a carpet of fallen leaves. What if I was traveling down this same road in the dead of winter and someone asked me what the scenery was like then. I would reply the trees were bare, looking like dead wood, void of life. So which one of these is an accurate description of the trees on the road to Yakima? They all are. It depends on the season you are in. Isn’t that like life. How you look at life depends on the season you are in. Susan Bissionette wrote “An optimist is the human personification of spring.” As summer winds down and we move into the changing colors of fall, then in to the cold, harsh winter, may we all take the time to find spring!

Later, Happy Schlappi

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