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You're On MY Team Too!

I thought for sure we were about to have an all out brawl between soccer parents of the two youth teams. Under 12 soccer...but you would have thought this was a World Cup Final. The parents were so bad that the referee stopped the game and made all of the coaches come over to the sidelines to remove this group of parents from the game.

As a coach, I had to make the trek into the belly of the beast. One of our parents found himself in enemy territory and now was surrounded by a group of unhappy opposing parents. The energy escalated for a moment...but then started to settle down as the parents began walking away.

I looked at the coach of the opposing team...a barrel-chested hulk of a man, though quite shorter than me. Walking back across the field I put my arm around him and whispered, "Maybe if the parents see us doing this, it will calm the situation." And it did!

You see, at the end of the day...players, coaches, parents, we're all on the same team!

I was reminded of this yesterday when I pulled behind a car with a Trump/Pence sticker on the back. I really don't like Trump, so it annoyed me. Now, politics aside, it immediately came to me that "You're on my team too!" This person, who I disagree with is still on my team. It is not about changing his mind, but valuing his beliefs and perspective as well.

And this applies to everyone. To the millions of strangers in the middle east, they're on my team too. To all of you spoiled Boston sports fans, you're on my team too ;)

No matter how much I disagree with you, or dislike your perspective, as a global citizen we are all on the same team. 

There is so much more to say, so I'll let Episode 115 of The Weekly Yes, And Podcast do the talking. 

I feel like this message is so important and needed right now, because we need differing opinions and perspectives in order to expose the blindspots we all have. We don't need to agree with one another - but we do need to VALUE, RESPECT, AND LISTEN to one another. 

Because...hey...you're on my team too!!!

–Travis

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