[GrandMasterKC]

via our plastic men...yes plastic men. I enjoy the fellowshipping and the mentoring. What keeps me balanced is and as I have often spoke to those I consider close to me...we have lives outside of the game to keep us balanced. I have taken time to work with the kids, work on boards, tweak bases...all of these things prevailed so that I can keep a balance on the game as a competitive battle ground or a hobby that many travel far to have fun and win or lose they still leave as men...intact with culture and pride...importantly enough.....I am "daddy at home or "didi" as my baby son calls me. Karim at work and Mr. C when I am presenting at a school....etc. My point I wear many hats as most men often do...but I know for sure there is A Greater Being that has defined my purpose. I met great men in this hobby...my 1st 2 mentors are still great friends, strong, proud fathers. We have disagreed within the moment of competition...but never wavered in our friendship over a game. When the passion shifts ..my focus shifts..no fun playing...build a board, tweak a base and give it away or reachout to a coach in need....The reality is that if I eliminate the electric football....those attributes are still who I am ... Abdul-Karim "Generous". This hobby is "G's" way of again offering us a venue to help cope with the stress of being human...and for some ...our lives exist beyond our sat/sunday EF clashes...I will take home stories of what happens in a game to the family...but I will never take my frustrations home and let that manifest in neg way towards my family.... what happens as a member of this hobby....balance.....knowing who I am w/o the competition it is then the game of EF takes on a sweeter, humbler persona... the Laws of MAAT.."It is good to feel great...but it is Great to make another human being feel good"