Yesterday was a road trip. I drove 3 hours to watch a baseball game for a couple hours. My brother and his family live in Australia and my nephew plays for an Australian youth all star team and they came to tour the NW. We only get to see them once every 4 years so we had to go. After a quick lunch at my parents’ house I drove the 3 hours back. Along the way I tried hard to see if I could find a way to compare my quest for better health to baseball. I was hard. I really don’t watch much baseball and I don’t remember how it all works. Thankfully, my siblings could explain what was going on. Maybe I can come up with a comparison that makes since.
I noticed boys are programmed to work in teams, to accept personal differences for the sake of the goal. They learn early-on about healthy competition, strategy, and teamwork – things that will help them in school, career, and relationships.
Still, rules are the rules and it doesn’t really matter what game you are playing.
I played softball once. I’d hear, “You have to keep your eye on the ball.”
First lesson: When you lose site of the target you get off mark. I need to focus on health as my end result. It will make success easier to achieve. I learned something in geometry class once about drawing lines. If you look at the end of your pencil instead of the end target your line will be crooked. Keeping your focus on the end point will help keep the line straight. It’s like this with all of the sports.
LIGHTBULB MOMENT
Keeping my eye on the target is important no matter what the game may be… most importantly the game of LIFE. Spending my time looking behind me or even looking at where I am almost always gets me off track for getting to where I want to be. Reflection can help me get better but it can’t be the focus of my day.
Lesson 2: I can only do what I can do. There is nothing that I can do to make thing “fair”… sometimes fat cells win. My goal each day has to be to do the best that I can do and to enjoy the experience.
Lesson 3: my encouragement of others affects my own progress. Cheering on others and lifting them up when they are down helps me play a better game. Saying negative things only brings down my level of play… my own commitment to a healthy lifestyle.
Lesson 4: focusing on yesterday’s game will NOT win today’s game. I screw up yesterday doesn’t make today a failure too. I have to continue to improve in my own habits.
Lesson 5: practice is the only way to improve. My life will not get better without putting my goals to action through regular, consistent practice.
I know it’s a bit lame. My main problem is that I don’t know baseball well. Still, I loved seeing family and watching my nephew pitched 8 innings. He was awesome… and even won the game.
Resigning as the General Manager of the Universe 