Many years ago as a kickboxing promoter I helped to train up a young man name Josh to compete in a kickboxing tournament.

I had taught Josh how to punch, kick, block and move.  We had trained speed, power and endurance.

The only thing I had not taught him was how to get into the kickboxing ring.

There are two ways to get into a kickboxing ring.  The first way is over the top rope.  The second way is through the ropes.

Now Josh was tall and therefore I made a decision that he should go over the top rope.

I arrived at the side of the ring before he did.  I then used all my weight to push down on the rope.  The rope was tort and did not move very much.  I put all my weight onto the rope and still it did not go down very far.

Josh moved to the side of the ring and grabbed onto the top rope with his boxing gloves.  Those of you have used boxing gloves know that it is very difficult to grab or hold onto something.

At this point Josh decided to jump over the rope.  Well, as he jumped his gloves slipped off the rope.  This took the height out of his jump and as he come forward his toes hooked onto the top rope.  He came crashing down and face planted into the middle of the ring face first.  He face planted onto the ring floor.

Suddenly the crowd erupted with laughter and clapping.  They were cheering because it was the most action they had seen all eventing.  The first knockout of the evening.  As the crowd continued to cheer, Josh stood up.

The beauty of the whole situation was the fact that Josh was smiling.  He laughed along with the crowd.  What else could he do?

So the fight had not even begun and Josh was 0, and the ring was 1.

Laugh at yourself.  We all fall on our face from time to time.  We all have to decide how we will respond.