It’s time.
Fade to black. Yippy Ki-Yay. Adios. This old mare is headed out to pasture. I’m stove up. I ain’t like you, I’m old and give out. Send me off to the glue factory. Time to hang up the hat. Yall get what I’m getting at, right?
It’s time for Cousin Eddie to step aside and hand the reigns of F3 Foothills over to a real HIM. One that’s going to take those reigns and really do some good with them. To eliminate any tension or drama, let’s go ahead and announce it: your new Nantan will be Medball.
This decision to step aside did not come lightly. I can’t think of another title that was given to me that I’ve been more proud of. I’ve been a part of this regional board since it’s inception: Comz, 1st F, and Nantan. And that’s way too much for any one dude to be in the spotlight. But it sure was fun. I’ve loved (almost) every day of serving you fellas. I am beyond honored to hold the title of Nantan for 2+ years and for that, I’ll be eternally grateful. So, from the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU. Thank you for the support. Thank you for the love. Thank you for listening. Thank you for giving me ungodly amounts of crap. Thank you for everything.
Now to the future. The decision for who Nantan 3.0 was going to be was easy. If you’ve been fortunate enough to hop on our Q Source discussions each Wednesday morning, you likely have caught my boy Medball waxing poetic proses. The dude has the gift of gab. He can no doubt sell ice to Eskimos. Or dental floss to a West Virginian…..an XL sized shirt to HBC. You get the point, he’s got a way with words. And not just any words. He knows how to speak F3 too. D2x this, Acceleration that. Mammons, Dolphins, Daffodils, Influence Movement to Advantage. And to top that off, he’s a dang stud. Me? I’m a silly putty mold. That dude is chiseled from granite; no doubt that he can do more than one pull up at a time. Won’t be long before he starts running and kicking all of our tails in that too. True story: I asked both my shield lock and each member of the SLT to share at least 2 names that they saw as our Nantan 3.0. Every single one mentioned Medball. Except for Medball himself, of course. That confirmed my belief that he was the logical choice. And he is. And I can’t wait to watch our region continue to grow and develop men into leaders of this community under his watch.
We don’t have a date for an official passing of the imaginary torch, so for now consider him a Nantan-In-Training. We’re eyeballin’ a summer release date….maybe we’ll time it with a convergence.
That’s it. I may wax a bit longer down below, so read on if you like. If you’re just here for the Cliff Notes, then you’re done here. See you in the gloom.
The point of F3 is to give what we have away, right? If we learn nothing else, we learn that this thing isn’t ours to keep. It’s ours to give to others. Teach a man to fish, don’t give a man a fish. And that’s what is so awesome about this. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I wanted to keep the Nantan’ery for longer, but I’d be defeating the purpose of having the title. If I did retain the position for any longer than necessary, it would only be for selfish reasons. To bask in the glory of what all of you guys are doing and that’s not right. Hell, if yall would let me, I’d hire a couple of dudes to carry me around on one of those thrones that are picked up and carried on dude’s shoulders with golden poles. Probably have a dude out front chanting my name as we went from my whip to the circle of trust each morning. Sounds like a Monty Python movie.
I do have one request though. We have lots of men who love the concept of F3. You’ve embraced it. You know the 5 core principles. You may have even read Freed to Lead. But are you? Are you only coming to workouts or group runs? Before you say you’re too busy to participate on a deeper level, do you think that the rest of us aren’t? Do you think that if Medball wasn’t stepping up for the men of this region that he’d be sitting at home knitting his own socks? While it’s time for me to step down, it’s time for you to step up. I’m simply making room for you and your boys to grow. Want to help but don’t know how you can? Ask someone. Got an idea that you’d like to see come to fruition? Do it. MB isn’t stepping up to be an Overlord and to issue grand commands to all. F3 is as much yours as it is his and mine. Up to you to make it better than when you found it. Same goes with this community. It may be as simple as brining an FNG. That dude might turn into Nantan 4.0. Keep pushing the rock.
Sidenote: make no mistake though, I’m not going anywhere. I’ll still be out there in the gloom (soon as I heal up dangit). I’ll be out there helping Highways to Hedges. Making bacon for you as you run Eleanor x50. I just hope that you’re there beside me. Pushing me to get better.
Thanks again. I do love all of you.
Out & forever yours,
CE
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