Just got back from the gym, where I’m known to go (if the occasion is right). When I go I like to play basketball. It makes going to the gym actually fun. But this last trip was frustrating.
I’m usually playing basketball by myself, so I like to make a game of it by playing Around the World solo. I was doing such today, and I got to that point at the top corner, just before the free throw line, and could not sink the shot.
I must have tried 30 times in a row. Shoot, miss. Shoot, miss. Shoot, barely miss. Shoot, completely miss. Shoot, miss.
I must admit, I got flustered. I don’t consider myself amazing at basketball, but I do consider myself OK at basketball. This had me questioning my already slim basketball talent. I started wondering why this basket thought it was so much better than me.
But I didn’t quit. And eventually, painstakingly, I made it.
Why am I sharing this with you? I figured we could all use a reminder that we don’t have to be the best at everything. And that’s OK. I focus on what I’m good at, and learn from others for the rest.
And I’m trying to not sweat the small stuff. Towards the end of my attempts to make the basket, I told myself, This is a game – something you do for fun. Don’t take it so seriously. And surprisingly (or maybe not so), it actually helped me sink the basket.
Hope this gives you a little grain of encouragement on a dreary (at least in Chicago) Monday morning. Any stories of major suckage you can share?
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