Curve Balls

Is life throwing you curve balls? Find out how to handle the curve in this mini podcast.

 Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Curve Balls

With baseball’s spring training underway . . . I got hit with a curve ball the other day.

And I’ll admit—I may be a little late to the game—but it suddenly hit me that life is basically a steady stream of curve balls.

In fact, you could swap out the words curve ball and just say reality . . . and you’d land in the exact same place.

Now here’s the funny part.

Most of us don’t walk around expecting the unexpected. We reach a point where things feel settled . . . and we’d really like them to stay that way.

But life isn’t built that way.

Life is a bunch of moving parts. It doesn’t stand still for long.

At first glance that can make it seem like we’re at the mercy of whatever reality throws our way.

But there is a saving grace with a curve ball . . . You still get to respond.

When we resist reality, we usually react. And reacting means we do the exact same thing we did last time.

The batting average on that strategy . . . is pretty anemic.But when we notice what’s actually happening—and accept it—we suddenly see there might be another way to play the pitch.

So we call a little timeout in our thinking . . . create some space . . . and choose a response.

And it’s that response that can take us down a brand-new path—one reaction didn’t even know existed.

Now I wish it wasn’t the way it is . . . but curve balls are part of the game of life.

You can rant. You can rave. You can even shake your fist at God if you want.

But sooner or later, when that stops working . . . the pitcher is still on the mound . . . and another curve ball is on the way.

That’s when the move is to let the reaction go . . . and look for a response.

I’m not sure if Yogi Berra ever said this or not . . . but it sounds like something he might’ve said:

“Responding to a curve ball will raise your batting average. But if you stick with resistance . . . you’re destined to strike out.”

All the best,

John