"EVERY problem has a solution. Be creative. Be persistent." - Anonymous
Last weekend I was watching the New England Patriots football team play and win against an outmatched opponent.
I'm used to seeing Jay Cutler, the jittery-footed quarterback of my native Chicago Bears. He has every reason to be that way, since the offensive linemen charged with protecting him too often perform like retired matadors. He's been battered more than a softball.
The Pats' QB Tom Brady faces comparable danger. A couple of years ago a lineman landed on his leg and destroyed it for an entire season. Now he dropped back as 300 men swarmed around him, half of them trying to level him. He couldn't look at them, of course, obligated to scan downfield for open receivers. Three, four, five rapid sideways steps back.
Then, suddenly, he became still.
Calmly as if he were standing in his living room. Looking left to right, then back to left, casually.
With tens of thousands of fans in the stadium, and millions more on television staring at his every move, he stood there as peacefully as on the breezy shores Cape Hatteras.
Whatever's bearing down on us, we won't break a leg, and if we keep cool, our days will shine.
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