Posts Tagged ‘move on’

It’s a fall Saturday and in the United States that means a day of college football. I’m a devotee of American football, both the college game and the NFL. This weekend, both my teams are coming off losses—and it hasn’t been a terrific week for me, either. So I can’t help wondering how all of us are going to meet the challenge of regrouping.

I tend to spend a lot of time rehashing my mistakes and contemplating how I could have done things differently. But top-flight athletes understand that what’s done is done. In order to reach the pinnacle of the amateur or professional ranks, they must be able to walk away from their failures … to live in the moment.

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It’s said that every journey begins with a single step. My problem is that once I take those monumental first steps, I expect to see some immediate results. Patience is not my virtue. If I’ve finally screwed up my courage to charge at that mountain, I expect that thing to move at least a couple of feet. NOW!

But it doesn’t quite work that way. Despite what some positivity gurus tell you about how you can think good thoughts and good things will come quickly, it’s not quite as easy as rubbing the lamp, making three wishes, and getting immediate results. Some work is involved … and some waiting, too. And as Tom Petty once sang, “the waiting is the hardest part.” The best way to handle it: by moving on to the next task.

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