it's lebron's world. we're all just squirrels, tryin' to get a nut.


we all have things that we are inherently good at. at least one thing. maybe more than one, but we all have that one thing. could be sewing. could be eating. could be blowing smoke circles. could be writing. could be speaking without saying "uh" and "like". could be fixing cars. could be surgery. could be having babies. could be listening. i think that's mine. but that is beside my point tonight.

we all aren't lucky enough to have our one thing be some thing that society cares about. like sports. like basketball. like lebron james. lebron james is really, really good at basketball. too good. and he knows it. nike knows it. "we are all witnesses." what a great ad. it's spot on. teams that play lebron know it...

...and use it to their advantage.

what? to their advantage? that doesn't make sense. but it does. over the course of my sports-watching life, i've seen people that play their sport as well as lebron does his. take tonight for example. he scores 20 of his team's first 25 points. he's unstoppable. and he knows it. but so do the wizards. in the second half, they goad him and his teammates into playing one on five, and as good as lebron is, he is only as good as he can also make his teammates, and his teammates were all standing around watching him instead of playing. it was a train wreck.

i am feeling pulled toward talking about gifts and many parts, one body and things of that nature, but that's not where i want to go. where i want to go is to say that we are all more likely to have our one thing used against us more often than we are to use it to the advantage of our team. because like lebron, some times we are just too selfish not to.

dammit. if you are good at something, what the fuck good does it do if you keep it all for yourself? or use it to step on or over someone to get where you need to go. if you can sing, sing somewhere other than your car so it makes someone's day better. if you can write, type out a letter to someone that needs to hear from you. if you can talk, pray out loud for those that are too shy for their own good. if you can listen, shut the fuck up and listen. but if you find yourself double-teamed, pass the damn ball.

we are only as good in this short, short life as the person next to us. we may know that person next to us. we may not. who cares. it doesn't have to be lonely at the top. i swear it doesn't. but it can be if we let it.

trust.

every.

one.