Today is a very special day for my baby-girl...her team made it all the way to Section Championships and play tonite for their place in overall Section Championships. They have only suffered one loss the entire season and have won their last 11 games. There was a very nice write-up in one of our local newspapers where my daughter and the pitcher were headlined. One of those irreplaceable memories!! A win today will render with it a title, Section V Division D Champions...and then to Section Champs, and then perhaps even State Champs...who knows, right? Sky's the limit!
The emotions these girls must be feeling...pride, excitement, uncertainty, fear, confidence, optimism, and most importantly.....DESIRE TO EXCEL...and here is the funny thing about desire/wanting...it can be good or bad...what turns wanting into a GOOD thing is giving everything you got to get it and displaying that for all to see, and these girls have DONE this every game. Overconfidence will bite you in the ass EVERY time, there has to be a balance of emotion, a caution in your actions, and every breath you take has to be one of believing you can do this, but at the same time knowing that there are no guarantees, and just as you prepare for the WIN, you also have to be mindful that it really could go either way. I think this is what has propelled them as far as they have gone...their mindset of "team" and "sportsmanship." They have won the sportsmanship award for the entire area voted on by the officials. There is no sense of entitlement here because there is no place for that on a fair playing field. Small town girls, small town values. Sometimes, I wonder if THEY even believe what is happening to them right now...I mean, they know they deserve to be where they are, but at the same time, I think they are rolling on a sense of wonder of it all...like they are living a dream, and one that comes true "ONE PITCH AT A TIME."
Art imitates life. What is it in your life right now that gives you that desire to excel, that winning attitude, that balance of emotion? What is it that you are willing to put your all into to obtain? What goal do you have in mind and what are you doing to achieve that goal...are you coasting with a lacadazical attitude that whatever happens will be entirely up to random circumstance, or are you displaying that desire to achieve and excel? A life well-lived is one where opportunity is always sought and embraced for the construct of good character and the greater good of all involved.
To personally answer the question I posed...everything in my life brings this out in me. However, there are times when emotions tip off balance because we are all human. There are feelings of inadequacy that loom around us all at times that we have to fight because they are the enemy of victory. At the closing of each chapter of life, we learn and from where I sit today...the students have become the teachers, and I will BE THERE come what may today at this game...whether to celebrate a win or mourn a loss..and in either case, I will carry with me a sense of pride and immense respect for these young people who I KNOW will have given it all they HAVE with every breath they take until they walk off that field tonite and I will feel blessed by them for reminding me what is MOST important.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF MY LADY BOBCATS...And to the seniors, Taylor, Michaela, Kip, and Ashley...I've watched you all grow up before my eyes, and you have all turned into very beautiful, competent, and giving people. You hold this team together...lets keep em there ONE MORE TIME!! To Bob...my deepest, most sincere thank-you for following these girls up to this level...everything happens for a reason, and I have a feeling this will be your most memorable season ever. And Lyle...for stepping in and being "big daddy" to the team...they love you! God Bless all of you...and see ya there tonite!!
"The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action."~Raymond Holliwell.
When your desires are strong enough,you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve."~Napoleon Hill.
Signing today...makin' crazy moves and clothed in the desire to WIN.
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