Beiber Fever, Yes or No?

One reason I love sports is that is a microcosm of life. Same with Ironman you make decisions on choices that either build character and pattern or certainly reveal character and patterns. When training for an Ironman you have to think outside the box, or really pretend there just is not a box there.

For instance two Saturdays ago we had a 70 mile bike ride on the agenda. Our 15 year old daughter, Lauren or as we affectionately call her "Lobo," NEEDED Justin Beiber tickets that went on sale online at 10:00 AM and would surely sell out quickly.

Life is not really that complicated as I tell many clients in my counseling practice. It usually boils down to a few "yes" or "no" questions. It gets complicated when we get stuck like a duck in the muck or become a whineasaurus because we either don't like the question or the answer is indeed hard to accept. But the sooner we accept that we have checked "yes" or "no" the sooner we move in a positive direction.

Let's take what other people would call our little dilemma:

Did we need to ride 70 miles on our bike for our training?   YES

Did Lobo desperately need Justin Beiber tickets like a flower needs rain? YES

Were we willing to carry a laptop in a backpack on our bikes and hope we picked up wi-fi somewhere in the boonies of North Florida or South Georgia? NO!

Were we willing to incorporate coming back to our house as part of our route so we could both get on  a computer and have the best chance of scoring some Beiberliciousness for our daughter? YES

Did we jump off our bikes and start firing up the computer at 9:50 for the 10:00 sale? Yes

Did Ticketmaster tell us we could not get tickets? Yes

Did Ticketmaster tell us we could not get tickets? Yes

REPEAT  THE ABOVE FOR 20 MINUTES

Is there another site that was selling tickets (asked by Sherrie)? Yes

Will Stub Hub gladly take our money and welcome our daughter to Beiberland? YESSSSSSS!!!!!

Did we want to get back on our bikes? Umm...umm...umm...yeah

Did we get back on our bikes and finish our training? YESSSSSSSS!!!!!

Are we a happy family because we were willing to think outside the box and think of the right questions and answer them with the "Yes" that led to the best?  Y E S !!!

Next time you feel like a duck stuck in the muck thing of the yes or no questions you need to deal with and get movin' and groovin'!

Speaking of movin' and groovin' I hope this clip helps: http://www.youtube.com/embed/kffacxfA7G4