The Shot of Your Life
“After a while I was dancing rather than counting my steps, playing music instead of notes. I was having fun. The transition from trying to letting was profound. Something was awakening within. A sense of simple enlightenment was seeping in to the hardness of my soul. Could it be that art had to be learned with a different heart? Could it be that performance is art? And art is not about the outcome…”
Commentary:
The sweet spot is found not by watching the scoreboard with hope. The sweet spot of performance happens when we are immersed in what I call letting instead of trying. One of the most enlightening experiences in life happens when we transition into letting go. I remember one of the greatest basketball players I ever worked with coming to me in the midst of a terrible slump during his playing days at KU. He was so burdened by letting his team and others down, what people were thinking, expectations, over mechanical thinking and fear. We worked diligently on getting him back to letting instead of trying. A few weeks later he hit the shot of his life from outside the three-point line as the clock expired to win a huge game in a hostile arena. The next morning I asked him what he was thinking when he took the game winning shot. His answer was the greatest answer of all times. “Doc, I was just playing basketball.” We had indeed accomplished our mission. Find a place to let this week instead of trying and watch what happens.
“Now, may the Lord himself, the Lord of peace, pour into you his peace in every circumstance and in every possible way. The Lord’s tangible presence be with you all.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16, TPT
