NASAdude

Here is a man willing to have his left ring finger amputated to improve his career in professional football. First, I have to wonder what his wife thinks of that if he's married. The next thought is:

What do you value in your life, and what are you willing to give up to keep it? Is there anything in your life that you value so highly that you'd give up:

• a finger


• a foot


• a hand


• an eye


• your friends


• your career


• your freedom


• a winning $200 million lottery ticket


• your vote


• your home


• your marriage


• your life


• your child's life

Note that the list above is flexible for the examination of your values. Make your own list of valued things. Pick any two and ask yourself which you'd give up to keep the other. For example, would you give up a foot to keep an eye, or would you rather give up an eye to keep your foot?

What is it that you use to gauge something's worth? What does that say about you?

Football Player Plans to Amputate Finger

An Australian professional football player said Tuesday he plans to have one of his fingers amputated in an attempt to improve his game.

Brett Backwell, who plays Australian rules football for Glenelg, a suburb of the city of Adelaide in South Australia state, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. he has suffered from pain and restricted movement since he broke his left ring finger three years ago.

Doctors had suggested fusing the bones in the finger, but Backwell rejected the proposal.

He said he believed that amputating the finger was the only way to stop the pain and allow him to keep playing.

"To chop a finger off, that's a bit drastic," Backwell told the ABC. "But I love my footy (football), and love playing sport, and if that's going to help me to succeed at this level then it's something you've just got to do."