In almost every case, there will always be this hum you may hear from the stands. However no matter the chatter going on, we must focus on the field of life.
Take sports 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 everything else in the stadium around you silences. It's just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate really appears 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 pitching mechanics and your motion becomes second nature.
But there are challenging moments when you walk 2 of their guys, a guy gets a squib hit, somebody makes an error, and the game starts to speed up on you. When that goes down, boy are you able to hear all the lovely distractions around you. You can hear the other team screaming and yelling, you can hear people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the outside and inside criticism in life?
How will we move past the fear of failing - the fear of success and not having the ability to handle it - the dread of being misinterpreted for something we are not? How can we be less frightened of losing everything we have produced? The hard part is, the greater the risk you take the larger the questions become surrounding it. What are we able to do to move forward?
We must understand that this is all part of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, mess ups, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that is all just a part of the game. It's not about having a perfect game each and every day. You cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing grief when you have nothing at all. There are so 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 happens?! Target the fact that you don't have your changeup and curve, start hitting the zone with your best fastball - one that has every bit of conviction behind it. Of course you try feeling it out and throwing the other pitches because you would like to find them throughout the game, but you can not bring yourself into a negative space or else you will probably not going to ever make it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is always going to be there and it can even get vicious at times. But it's far better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It is better to really be in some place facing criticism than to not be playing in any way.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a place where you not only can tune out the negative things that people say, but also use that as fuel...you will push yourself farther and further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and create a positive result with it. Perhaps that's the finest type of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place you can focus competely on your mission and your purpose. There will always be views about what you're doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to yourself.
Case closed.
Take sports 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 everything else in the stadium around you silences. It's just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate really appears 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 pitching mechanics and your motion becomes second nature.
But there are challenging moments when you walk 2 of their guys, a guy gets a squib hit, somebody makes an error, and the game starts to speed up on you. When that goes down, boy are you able to hear all the lovely distractions around you. You can hear the other team screaming and yelling, you can hear people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the outside and inside criticism in life?
How will we move past the fear of failing - the fear of success and not having the ability to handle it - the dread of being misinterpreted for something we are not? How can we be less frightened of losing everything we have produced? The hard part is, the greater the risk you take the larger the questions become surrounding it. What are we able to do to move forward?
We must understand that this is all part of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, mess ups, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that is all just a part of the game. It's not about having a perfect game each and every day. You cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing grief when you have nothing at all. There are so 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 happens?! Target the fact that you don't have your changeup and curve, start hitting the zone with your best fastball - one that has every bit of conviction behind it. Of course you try feeling it out and throwing the other pitches because you would like to find them throughout the game, but you can not bring yourself into a negative space or else you will probably not going to ever make it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is always going to be there and it can even get vicious at times. But it's far better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It is better to really be in some place facing criticism than to not be playing in any way.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a place where you not only can tune out the negative things that people say, but also use that as fuel...you will push yourself farther and further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and create a positive result with it. Perhaps that's the finest type of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place you can focus competely on your mission and your purpose. There will always be views about what you're doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to yourself.
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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