The Art of Baseball: Having Faith in Yourself © by Kathy SimcoxIt all started with
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 having
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, anticipating
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. During
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 in
grand poobah of
universe? Has my mind finally left
world of
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 before
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 on
voices of fear. Instead, in would ponder those voices of possibilities and attack them with a clear mind.
In this realm lies
beauty of art. It can be any style of art. Art, to me, is simply creating
expression of one’s soul and sharing that expression with
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 of
outcome. A failure is not one who sees possibilities, grabs them, does his/her best with them and doesn’t reach
desired outcome. Indeed, a failure is someone who sees
possibilities, even recognizes hidden opportunities, but does nothing with them because of fear. Fear paralyzes
mind and eventually will conquer
heart. The desire, even
ability to open oneself to
beauty of art, to self-express, will be forgotten.