ConsciousCreation

As I watched the Nats again beat the Mets, I caught part of a discussion between Ryan Zimmerman and Bob Carpenter about how ball players deal with hitting slumps. Ryan was a streaky player himself and his answer was that he would remember that the dry spell wasn’t the totality of his season or career – and that he had it within him to hit it out of the park or at least hit a line drive through the middle each time he stepped up to the plate. It was in the remembering and the practice that he found his rhythm again. He also noted that when he was on a hot streak, it was important to remember that the bat could go cold on the next at bat and to just be in the moment with what he knew how to be and do.

I needed to hear that tonight. The day had not been a ‘bad’ day; it had however had some tough moments – A particular situation at work with lots of discrete elements just wouldn’t jell. My thoughts were all over the map and it felt as though I was swinging and missing each time I attempted to put it all together. And then another of my persistent tapes began to play in my head – “You’re losing, Fish!” And I fell into that old pattern of beating up on myself and looking for something to blame my fuzziness on. Finally, I just closed the computer and headed home. To make matters even more off kilter, I decided to see if my favorite grocery store had resupplied my favorite honey butter. (I’d gone in every day this week to get a new supply – to not avail!!!!) and sure enough, no honey butter today either…That did not help my mood at all.

Thank goodness for two loving puppies at home. It’s hard to stay down when you’re greeted at the door with such joy! Thus calmed and bit more sanguine, I turned to baseball because I knew that the Nats had won. Oh, Joy! And the words from Ryan hit home. Stay in the moment, not in the past or in the future. Remember that you do have the skills necessary to put the pieces together in a coherent way. Clarity comes from the inside – from a centered core. Let go and remember who you truly are. Remember that every at bat won’t be a home run, nor will it be a strike out. And life, like baseball, is about playing full out for the entire season with all its ups and downs, wins and losses. It’s about trusting my Self and listening to my intuition to create the experience! Let’s play ball!