Brian Dawkins Recognizes Time is Short
By Faith on the Field Staff, October 22, 2021
Brian Dawkins played for 16 seasons in the National Football league, most of those years with the Philadelphia Eagles. While an Eagle he was a dominant force on the field, so much so that is earned him a spot in the Hall of Fame.
But eventually, like everyone in professional sports, Dawkins had to hang up the cleats. And when that happened there were noticeable life changes also, like needing more personal discipline.
“Do you (need more discipline) because you're not regimented. You're not regimented. Once you got your schedule you knew where you going to be pretty much every hour on the hour, you know exactly where you going to be. That is taken away when you stop playing the game of football.
Dawkins when on to say that some guys transition well, and some do not.
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“For a lot of guys, they're able to go smooth and transition into the next phase. Others do not. You still need to use your discipline. The specific things that I do in the morning: I pray, read, meditate, and journal every morning. It was the same thing I did when I was a player, it's the same exact same thing that I do.
In retirement, Dawkins realizes that managing your time well and living by a vision can help move you forward.
“You can't manage time. What you can do, what you can manage are the things you do in the time that you are allotted. Because once again you only get 24 hours just like I only get 24 hours. That's what I'm going to do specific things during that time, every day to grow, to get me closer to my vision.
“I have a vision, a huge vision that God has put in my heart and specific things that I do every day, sometimes, it's 5 minutes. Sometimes it's an hour. Specific things that I do every day, to get close to that big vision.”
