~:[CH11 - Day 201]:~ What a Catch

 
~:[CH11 - Day 201]:~ What a Catch

I forgot to set my alarm today. Luckily, I still woke up at my normal time. I was lucky. Sometimes in life we make this very catch. As I watched one of my athletes try and catch a pop fly, she struggled to do so, but eventually caught it, twice. It happened twice because the first time, I didn't catch it on video, so we tried again. Some are lucky and would catch it on their first try, some are skilled and can do it every time, while others work at it tirelessly and reach that goal of catching the ball and ultimately, there would a handful who would give up all together. If I showed you a reel of all four of these scenarios, what would your reaction be? Would you be disappointed in the one who gave up? Proud of the one who caught it on the first try? Unaffected by the skilled player? Would you relate to the one who kept failing, but ultimately caught the ball with excitement? I often tell my athletes and students, I don't mind seeing you fail, because it also means you're giving it a shot. You're grinding, you're persistent, or you're laboring and for doing that alone, you should be applauded. We get so caught up in the highlights that we often miss out on what it took to get someone to make those highlights. The hours in the sun, the aches and pains, the fatigue and more are not always shown when in reality it's what it took to get there. Sometimes we get lucky like I did with my alarm and we just figure it out, but more times than not, we have to work to reach a goal we wish to reach and I hope that for all of us, we make that very catch even if it takes us one hundred tries.