Playing On The Field Of Life
by Evan Sanders
In almost every case, there will always be this hum you'll hear from the stands. Though no matter the whispers going on, we must focus on the field of life.
Take <a href="http://thewordsofencouragement.com/category/sport-quotes/">sports</a> for example. In this case, baseball in particular.
There's this moment when you're on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and everything else around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate 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 pitch by pitch mechanics and your motion becomes quite natural.
But there are so many moments when you walk two of guys, somebody gets a hit, someone makes a gaffe, and the game starts to speed up on you. When that happens, boy are you able to hear all of the really distractions around you. You can hear the other team yelling, you can hear the hum of the people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the outside and inside and chatter in life?
How do we move past the fear of failing - the phobia of success and not being able to handle it - the fear of being misinterpreted for something we're not? How do we be less scared of losing everything we have created? The hard part is, the larger the risk you take the bigger the questions become surrounding it. What are we able to do to go forward?
We should understand that this is part of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, blunders, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that really is all a part of the game. It's not about having an ideal game each and every day. You really can not do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing grief when you do not. There are so very many times you go out there and two of your pitches are not even close to working well at all. What in the world do you do when that happens?! Target the fact that you do not have your changeup and curve, start battering the zone with your best fastball - one that has each bit of conviction behind it. No matter what, 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're 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 certain times. But it's better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It's better to actually be in a 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 naturally say, but also use that as fuel...you will propel yourself further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and fashion a positive result with it. Just maybe that's the finest form of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place that you can focus deeply on your mission and your purpose. There will always be viewpoints about what you are actually doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to what's within you.
Case closed.
Evan Sanders is the author and creator of <a href="http://thewordsofencouragement.com">The Words of Encouragement</a>, a website dedicated to bringing inspiring blogs, quotes, and wisdom to it's readers so they can live the best lives possible. Want more <a href="http://thewordsofencouragement.com/sport-motivation/">sport motivation</a>? Start your journey today by heading over to the site today.
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Title: Playing On The Field Of Life
Author: Evan Sanders
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Keywords: sport,sport motivation,sports,baseball,sports quotes,sport motivational quotes,sport motivation quotes,sports quotes motivation,sports motivational videos,sport motivation scale
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