How Am I Doing?

How Am I Doing?
March 15, 2019

 A champion never pauses in the middle of action to consider what others think of him. A champion never stops to ask himself, “How am I performing?” 

No, a champion just plays ball. A champion writes his story. And allows his actions to do all the talking.

A champion has no time to consider how far he’s come. Or who’s creeping up from behind. A champion keeps running his race. He runs to glorify the image within his heart. He plays for the little boy inside of him. He plays with joy and enthusiasm.

A champion is an artist of the truest form. He is free to experiment and explore and craves spontaneous action. He has full faith and trust in his physical and non-physical abilities. 

On the flip side, when a performer is fixated and concerned with how he is doing his body will tighten, his muscles will tense and his mind is flooded with thoughts, questions and self-judgement. 

How could we ever experience joy from this perspective? How could we ever be an artist? How could we be free to explore, to experiment, when we are filled with concern? How could we be creative in this state of forced action? It’s no longer fun.

The difference between the two is clear. The champion was playing for no one else but himself, the little boy inside of him. The second was more concerned with how others perceived him, of how he would be judged, that he judged himself. He was divided, although he might’ve jumped into the game for the love of it, he became more driven by what others thought of him. And a house that is divided will always be defeated.

It is much better to have the courage to stand alone and be your authentic self than to be a shadow of what someone else wants you to be. Trying to be what others want you to be creates pain and suffering within. It’s the fastest way to dis-ease, insanity and antidepressants. 

It was Christopher Morley who said, “There is only one success— to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

An artist does not ask the world what it wants to see, the artist paints the picture that is in his heart and the world embraces it. An artist is free to dream and create and so are you! 

And as you create and paint your world from the inside out, just know that you are not alone. You are never alone. I am always with you!

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