Life is short.
All over the internet, the most predominant comments on Koby’s death was that “life is short”. And rightly so, life is short. I found myself wondering about the truth in this statement. What do people mean when they say life is short, does it mean life ends unexpectedly? Maybe what they meant was, he died to before he was due. Death by nature is unplanned, we all don’t know when it will happen. And as a result, especially when it happens to people of Kobe Bryant’s calibre. We are all shocked. However, we know that the Bible tells us that God has placed eternity in our hearts. Maybe that is why we feel Life is short. Because God has placed eternity in our hearts , we would like to live forever. However, that is not possible since we’re in this body and this body has an expiry date and it decays. But for Kobe Bryant. Even though he lived a short life of about 41 years. He used his short life for quite a lot of things. And it is a result of the achievements that he had in those short 40 years that we all remember him. I guess the lesson for me is. Life is short. I don’t know when I will be leaving this planet. But I have to utilise every moment, and be productive in every moment. So that I can be able to maximise the short time. It is short because even though I live 100 years because eternity is much longer.
Nobody is perfect.
Despite his many good accolades and the fact that Kobe inspired so many people, he did not lack mistakes. Bryant was accused in 2003 of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old hotel employee in Colorado. He was charged with rape, but the case was dropped after the accuser declined to testify. A civil suit was later settled. The NBA star, who married his wife, Vanessa, in 2001, admitted to having had sex with the woman, but insisted that it was consensual. We will all make mistakes, even the best of us. The people we consider the greatest have also made mistakes. The challenge is how we come out of that and how we grow from that.
It’s all about what you give.
In reading many of the tributes to Kobe Bryant, I noticed that for most people, what stood out for them was what Kobe Bryant gave to them as a basketballer, as a celebrity and as an inspiration. He inspired them through his advice, his emphasis on hard work and the way that he lived his life.
Everyone, sort of remembers a person but by what this person means to them in terms of what they give to them.
And so this brings me to the conclusion that I have to live life as a giver. Because that is what people will remember me most about what I give them who I was. To them, not what I did, but what I gave.
And in that sense, in Kobe deciding to, to be the best basketball player. There could be so that he entertains the fans. He also dedicated his life to being there for his family by spending time with his children and his wife Vanessa. In fact, the reason why he started using helicopters is because he wanted to reduce as much time as possible spent in traffic jams, so that the time he saved using the helicopter, he could use to spend more time with family, take his kids to basketball practice. And, and all the other things that are involved with being a father.
Worthwhile Musings 