The Spin of the Ball

Fun: I recently discovered that you can have fun in lots of situations. I always thought home is the fun place and work is the serious place. But I know I can have fun at work. I’ve done it. Maybe you can have fun anywhere. I would say to tone it down at a funeral.

The Battle: Sometimes, though, I forget that I can have fun at work. Things get a bit dull. When that happens, I imagine that I’m Rocky and every dull moment is an Apollo Creed jab to the face. If Rocky can stay standing, why can’t I? Well, I can. Then I get inspired by my own endurance. How am I doing this? Wow, look at me go, taking these punches. Look at my face.

The Zone: You can see in the players’ eyes who is going to win the contest. You can see fear in the eyes of the losers. You see something else in the eyes of the winners. The look that says, “I’m in the zone.” I believe it starts with the eyes.

I don’t play sports but I still would like to be in the zone at life. I want to be in the zone when I say “hello” and “how are you?” and for people to think or say, “wow, he really nailed that,” and “did you see his eyes?”

The Ascendence: I believe I have reached a new level of consciousness. I got some secret knowledge. Sorry, I promised God I wouldn’t tell. Don’t worry, She’ll tell you some too. She said it’ll be different to mine and if we try to share it we’ll get into an argument, so let’s just keep it to ourselves and enjoy the show.

Hard Times: When I fall on hard times, it’s usually because there’s a voice inside telling me I’m not doing it right. I’m not watching the right movie, I’m eating too many BBQ Shapes. But of course, there is no right way to do it, right? We’re just doing it the way we’re doing it, just as the sun and the moon. In fact, we might not be doing it at all. It might be doing us. Maybe we just get to watch. Hopefully you’re into that.