My son was over the moon today. One of his heroes, Luke Power from the Brisbane Lions AFL team, came to Master J’s school and spoke on assembly. Master J was full of stories to share with me about his hero (and how happy his Computer Tech teacher was today because he, too, is a huge fan of Luke Power and the rest of the Lions ).

The most powerful thing that Master J got out of this presentation was Luke’s favourite words of wisdom, as told to him by another famous sporting hero, basketballer Michael Jordan. "You miss 100% of the shots that you don’t take."

Think about it… if you don’t take that chance and shoot for the hoop, you are assured that you won’t get a goal. But if you try, well, maybe you will, maybe you won’t. But there’s a much higher chance of success than if you don’t try at all.

So I will add that to the ever-growing list of things my darling son has taught me and I now have Michael Jordan’s words of wisdom on my desk to constantly remind me of the importance of trying… of taking a chance.

Thank you for the reminder Luke, and for making my son’s day!