Trent Dilfer

Athlete: 
Trent Dilfer
Date: 
04/01/2010
Gender: 
Male
Description: 

ESPN NFL Analyst on Joy

Focus: 

Joy - Finding a way to be happy, even when things don't go your way.

Print Body: 

All of us have experienced our share of losses in life. The most devastating seem to be relational in nature. Tent Dilfer's life is no different. His personal and professional lives have seen times of great triumph--and of even greater tragedy. The Dilfer's five-year old son, Trevin passed away from a heart ailment in 2003; an experience that would leave many of us walking the halls of self-pity. While Dilfer struggled with the loss, he found ways to be happy even when things didn't go his way. Dilfer is retired from football now and is an analyst on ESPN, yet this is an opportunity for him to choose joy.

Verse: 

"Happiness depends more on inward desposition of mind than on outward circumstances."
Benjamin Franklin

Action Point: 

List three lessons you have learned from a loss