The Art of Baseball: Having Faith in Yourself

Written by Kathy Simcox


The Art of Baseball: Having Faith in Yourself © by Kathy Simcox

It all started withrepparttar click of a mouse button and a credit card number. The next thing I knew I was sitting in a Broadway theatre in mid-town Manhattan watching my first play and havingrepparttar 123101 time of my life. As my eyes feasted on this spectacle, I wondered to myself, how could I do that, too?

Now, as I stand on an empty stage in my own hometown some three years later, anticipatingrepparttar 123102 week’s closing performance, I can’t help but smile. In my mind’s eye I can still see that frightened young woman driving white-knuckled and wide-eyed as her car carried her on a new adventure. Duringrepparttar 123103 trip I kept asking myself, why am I doing this? What purpose could traveling alone, 600 miles to a city of millions of people possibly mean inrepparttar 123104 grand poobah ofrepparttar 123105 universe? Has my mind finally leftrepparttar 123106 world ofrepparttar 123107 sane? What will I find? Let me tell you what I found.

I discovered my heart was a treasure chest overflowing with dreams, dreams I never even knew were there. I found possibilities impatiently aching to be realized; they seemed to be shouting, “It’s about time you finally showed up. Now let us out of here!” My state of mind beforerepparttar 123108 trip would have pushed away those dreams, forever ignored by fear. Now, after this wonderful adventure, I found myself straining to hear more of those voices, pushing me toward new adventures and new dreams. No longer would my mind dwell onrepparttar 123109 voices of fear. Instead, in would ponder those voices of possibilities and attack them with a clear mind.

In this realm liesrepparttar 123110 beauty of art. It can be any style of art. Art, to me, is simply creatingrepparttar 123111 expression of one’s soul and sharing that expression withrepparttar 123112 world. You don’t have to be a tremendously talented person to express yourself successfully. To be truly successful at something, I believe one has to be at least willing to try, regardless ofrepparttar 123113 outcome. A failure is not one who sees possibilities, grabs them, does his/her best with them and doesn’t reachrepparttar 123114 desired outcome. Indeed, a failure is someone who seesrepparttar 123115 possibilities, even recognizes hidden opportunities, but does nothing with them because of fear. Fear paralyzesrepparttar 123116 mind and eventually will conquerrepparttar 123117 heart. The desire, evenrepparttar 123118 ability to open oneself torepparttar 123119 beauty of art, to self-express, will be forgotten.

"The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich and He addeth no trouble with it"

Written by Daniel N. Brown


Have you ever found yourself being super frustrated trying to do something and never getting anywhere. It seems no matter how hard you try nothing seems to work.

I have discovered that wherever there is an annointing on something for me to do, there is an "eaze" about it. For example, playing instruments come easy for me, but when it comes to singing, forget about it! I don't hold a pitch too well and I've got very little confidence trying to sing in public. It is a total drudgery for me. However, I can sing inrepparttar background without any problem. I suppose if I could do it all I would not need anyone else.

Here's another example; I've tried face to face sales as a work profession. I was horrible at it, and needless to say, I hated it!

Many people are in a job or a relationship where they have no joy or peace. It could be that God did not tell them to take that particular job or to be in that particular relationship. If you find yourself being upset in your spirit with no joy or peace in these type of instances, it could be that you are settling for less than what God wants for you.

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