In almost every case, there will always be this hum you'll hear from the stands. But no matter the whispers going on, we must focus on the field of life.
Take the sports we play for example. In this case, baseball in particular.
There's this moment when you are on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and the environment around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate seems to shrink. You get this sort of tunnel vision and when you realize you are in that moment, you are close to unstoppable. Your body is in complete flow with your pitch by pitch mechanics and your motion becomes second nature.
But there are so many moments when you walk two of their players, someone gets a squib hit, someone behind you makes a gaffe, and the game starts to accelerate on you. When that goes down, boy are you able to hear all of the distractions around you. You can hear the other team yelling, you can hear people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the outside and inside and chatter in life?
How will we move past the phobia of failing - the phobia of success and not being able to handle it - the fear of being misinterpreted for something we're not? How can we be less scared of losing everything we have made? The hard part is, the larger the risk you take the larger the questions become surrounding it. What can we do to go forward?
We should understand that this is all part of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, mess ups, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that really is all part of the game. It's not about having a flawless game every day. You actually cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing grief when you don't. There are so very many times you go out there and a few of your pitches aren't working well in any way. What on earth do you do when that occurs?! Focus on the fact that you don't have your changeup and curve, start battering the strike zone with your best fastball - one which has each bit of conviction behind it. Of course you try to keep throwing the other pitches because you would like to find them throughout the course of the game, but you can't bring yourself into a negative space or else you're not going to make it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is usually going to be there and it can even get vicious on occasion. But it is better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It is better to actually be in a place facing feedback than to not be playing in the first place.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a mindset where you not only can tune out the negative things that folks say, but also use that as fuel...you will launch yourself farther and further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and fashion a positive result with it. Perhaps that is actually the greatest type of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place where you can focus competely on your mission and your purpose. There will always be views about what you are doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to what's inside.
Case closed.
Take the sports we play for example. In this case, baseball in particular.
There's this moment when you are on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and the environment around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate seems to shrink. You get this sort of tunnel vision and when you realize you are in that moment, you are close to unstoppable. Your body is in complete flow with your pitch by pitch mechanics and your motion becomes second nature.
But there are so many moments when you walk two of their players, someone gets a squib hit, someone behind you makes a gaffe, and the game starts to accelerate on you. When that goes down, boy are you able to hear all of the distractions around you. You can hear the other team yelling, you can hear people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the outside and inside and chatter in life?
How will we move past the phobia of failing - the phobia of success and not being able to handle it - the fear of being misinterpreted for something we're not? How can we be less scared of losing everything we have made? The hard part is, the larger the risk you take the larger the questions become surrounding it. What can we do to go forward?
We should understand that this is all part of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, mess ups, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that really is all part of the game. It's not about having a flawless game every day. You actually cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing grief when you don't. There are so very many times you go out there and a few of your pitches aren't working well in any way. What on earth do you do when that occurs?! Focus on the fact that you don't have your changeup and curve, start battering the strike zone with your best fastball - one which has each bit of conviction behind it. Of course you try to keep throwing the other pitches because you would like to find them throughout the course of the game, but you can't bring yourself into a negative space or else you're not going to make it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is usually going to be there and it can even get vicious on occasion. But it is better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It is better to actually be in a place facing feedback than to not be playing in the first place.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a mindset where you not only can tune out the negative things that folks say, but also use that as fuel...you will launch yourself farther and further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and fashion a positive result with it. Perhaps that is actually the greatest type of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place where you can focus competely on your mission and your purpose. There will always be views about what you are doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to what's inside.
Case closed.
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Evan Sanders is the author and creator of The Words of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing inspiring blogs, quotes, and wisdom to it's readers so they can live the best lives possible. Want more sport motivation? Start your journey today by heading over to the site today.
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