What do you do when you suddenly encounter an obstacle in your life? Fordham University baseball player Brian Kownacki offers a great idea. As he was rounding third base and running for home, the catcher was waiting for him in front of the plate. Kownacki had no way out. He couldn't run around the catcher and run out of the baseline. He was screwed! He should have stayed safe on third. There was no way he could get out of this one. So he jumped over the catcher.
Kownacki jumped high over the catcher like a gymnast and came down on home plate with his hands, with his body rolling over the plate after him. The catcher thought he disappeared. Instead of being tagged out, Kownacki scored!
What obstacles have suddenly appeared in front of your life? What happens when you are running for home plate and a catcher suddenly appears in front of you to tag you "OUT!"? Do you panic? Do you shower yourself with regrets and recriminations that you were stupid and should have stopped at third? Do you wish you never entered the game in the first place? Do you get mad at the catcher and blame him for getting in your way? Are you ready to throw in the towel and quit the game? When you are faced with an obstacle, do you just give up and let yourself be tagged?
Although we can't always jump over the obstacles in our lives, we can keep our wits and try to do whatever we can do. Kownacki knew what he couldn't do. The rules wouldn't let him run around the catcher. So he did something that most players never even think about doing. He thought outside the box. He literally flipped out! He thought fast and figured out the best way to reach his goal. Home plate was five feet away, and if he couldn't run there, he figured he would fly there.
We all face obstacles to our goals in life. Bankruptcies, a pending divorce, past regrets or health problems are some of the millions of obstacles that face us. When such things rise up to stop you, you have to adjust. Don't give up. Don't beat yourself up. Don't freeze in fear. Don't walk out of the game. Do whatever you can do to face your obstacle and move on. Don't lose your momentum in life. Follow Kownacki's example. When you face an obstacle--jump over the catcher.
Kownacki jumped high over the catcher like a gymnast and came down on home plate with his hands, with his body rolling over the plate after him. The catcher thought he disappeared. Instead of being tagged out, Kownacki scored!
What obstacles have suddenly appeared in front of your life? What happens when you are running for home plate and a catcher suddenly appears in front of you to tag you "OUT!"? Do you panic? Do you shower yourself with regrets and recriminations that you were stupid and should have stopped at third? Do you wish you never entered the game in the first place? Do you get mad at the catcher and blame him for getting in your way? Are you ready to throw in the towel and quit the game? When you are faced with an obstacle, do you just give up and let yourself be tagged?
Although we can't always jump over the obstacles in our lives, we can keep our wits and try to do whatever we can do. Kownacki knew what he couldn't do. The rules wouldn't let him run around the catcher. So he did something that most players never even think about doing. He thought outside the box. He literally flipped out! He thought fast and figured out the best way to reach his goal. Home plate was five feet away, and if he couldn't run there, he figured he would fly there.
We all face obstacles to our goals in life. Bankruptcies, a pending divorce, past regrets or health problems are some of the millions of obstacles that face us. When such things rise up to stop you, you have to adjust. Don't give up. Don't beat yourself up. Don't freeze in fear. Don't walk out of the game. Do whatever you can do to face your obstacle and move on. Don't lose your momentum in life. Follow Kownacki's example. When you face an obstacle--jump over the catcher.
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