I read this short anecdote the other day and it really resonated with me.
A man stopped by a playground to watch a Little League baseball game. To get up to speed, he asked one of the boys what the score was.
“We’re behind 16 to nothing†he answered
The man said, “I must say you don’t seem discouragedâ€
The boy said “Discouraged, why should we be discouraged? We haven’t been up to bat yet!â€
Too many times we want to give up before we ever really get started. Life or circumstances get us down and most will give up. They will quit because the obstacles seem to big to overcome. The lesson is that they are never too big, you can always come back and win. So when you feel like things arent going your way or that your goals are a million miles away and you will never reach them, just remember, you havent been up to bat yet.
A man stopped by a playground to watch a Little League baseball game. To get up to speed, he asked one of the boys what the score was.
“We’re behind 16 to nothing†he answered
The man said, “I must say you don’t seem discouragedâ€
The boy said “Discouraged, why should we be discouraged? We haven’t been up to bat yet!â€
Too many times we want to give up before we ever really get started. Life or circumstances get us down and most will give up. They will quit because the obstacles seem to big to overcome. The lesson is that they are never too big, you can always come back and win. So when you feel like things arent going your way or that your goals are a million miles away and you will never reach them, just remember, you havent been up to bat yet.
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