By Caprice Coleman
We’re just coming off our last round of TV tapings for the foreseeable future. Flying in and preparing for this trip was probably the hardest thing I’ve done. I was in no rush.
I didn’t know what to expect from anyone. I tried to find a positive, but I admit I isolated myself for the majority of my first day. All my interactions seemed the same. No one knew what was next.
Some expressed how they would be fine and others expressed that they didn’t know. No matter what I heard, I felt like they had a better grip on the situation than I did.
The first day of tapings started with the same vibe. Then something happened: Once people expressed their uncertainties, they started to express the things they knew for sure. Most of those things were the feelings they had for other people.
In conversations that I had one on one or in groups, we encouraged one another and said how much we believed in and saw potential in each other. These conversations of love, respect, and admiration continued for the rest of the tapings. Adversity has a way of pulling people together.
I don’t remember one negative thing happening. We laughed and cried over great memories we all shared. We were all in this thing together. Uncertain about the future, but certain about how we saw each other and the impact we’ve had on each other’s lives.
This has become a family atmosphere. There are people that I’ve matured with during my 11 years with Ring of Honor and 25-plus years in the sport, many of whom I’ve known from the time I was a young adult to being a family man with teenagers.
If I could advise anybody in times of uncertainty, I’d say look at the things you are certain about — the people that love and respect you — and know your worth.
It’s easy to say everything is bad or everyone is against me. When in actuality there may only be one unfortunate thing and only a couple of people you don’t see eye to eye with, but you’ve given them a lot of weight.
I am certain that if you weigh things out there are more things that you’re certain about than uncertain. Uncertainty is only a season. Its time will pass.
Just something to think about. I call it a dose of Colemanism.
Caprice Coleman is ROH’s color analyst and has been wrestling for more than 20 years. He also is an ordained minister and motivational speaker. A Dose of Colemanism appears every Thursday.
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