While many of them were doubled over wheezing from the failed attempt, a grownup had to tell me that, even though I was good at that game, I couldn’t win the prize I really wanted, which was a seat in the Cub Den. Unfortunately for them, I had a lot of training in running from nightly games of Tag, Hide and Seek, etc., and kept up with the fastest boys. I didn’t get the hint entirely when they said, “You can’t be here!” So, they decided to just ditch me. So, you can imagine my surprise when I showed up at their Cub Scouts meeting in my brother’s old Cub Scouts uniform and got snubbed by my friends. Growing up in Phoenix, balmy summertime evenings were meant for Kick the Can, Tag, Red Rover and any number of unsupervised activities that included wildly racing around the neighborhood and usually some blood. Now, more than 7,000 people have received this award in eight countries.We like to tell ourselves we can do anything if we just put our mind to it, but I’d like to encourage all to acknowledge when we are in a game we can’t win, and for heaven’s sake, stop playing it!
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