Wednesday, February 27, 2013

I perseverated on every corner wondering who might jump out this time. Would it be my thrift store clothing, my obese belly, my incomprehensible speech impediment, my bottle bottom glasses, or something unpredictable that would be ridiculed, or incite the ire of the next encounter? Fixating on the daily hazards and endless failures, I remained firmly imprisoned within my mental jail of self-limiting beliefs and attitudes. That mental fixation carried like a heavy yoke for many years, until martial art coach taught me that if I doubted myself and stepped on the mat against even one opponent, I'd be outnumbered. My coach once asked me what I was thinking, during a distracted moment of mine. I told him all the imagined concerns I had about my opponent's attacks. He cocked his head to the side and asked, "Scott, do you want your opponent to win?" I replied, "Well, of course not!" And he laughed, "Then, why are you helping him out by planning for so many good things to go his way? Stop worrying about what he's going to do, and start mentally rehearsing what you're going to do." Everytime I train, I know that I am embedding not merely physical adaptive growth, but also mental and emotional. I cannot afford to waste my training time, or any moment throughout my day, worrying about what could go wrong. Because of my coach's insight, I now focus all of my imagination on mentally rehearsing what will go right. Worry is a misuse of imagination; when it evolved for you to craft audacious ideas, and from that raw material forge wondrous mysteries. Imagine rediverting all of the hemorrhaging energy squandered on self-doubt, hesitation and fear; and invest that massive energetic capital into the most exciting journey you can imagine. That's what you deserve. No less than your clearly-defined dreams. No more than your well-directed imagination. Be your life's warrior, not your life's worrier. very respectfully, Scott Sonnon www.facebook.com/scottsonnon
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