Image Making

Consider that any image we hold in mind becomes our reality. When we worry about something, we can imagine in our mind all the bad things that can happen. In short, we make images of all the  things that can go wrong. We can make images of all the positive things we want to experience like happiness and imagine exactly what that would look, feel, and taste like. The key is for us to be mindful of the quality of our image making.

Connecting to Higher Power

It helps a lot when I can start the day with a little quiet time for myself to reflect on how I am  and feeling  more conscious contact with my power source. "Be still and know,"is not the first thought that comes to mind especially in the midst of the daily activity let alone upon waking in the morning. Yet when I can remember I have the option to be more conscious of the power source within and all around me, I experience the feeling that everything is or will be alright.

Moving performance to the next level

When I measure my performance on whether I win or lose, I am missing the point because I may be competing against someone who is more talented and/or better prepared than I, less talented and/or less prepared than I. The real measure of my performance needs to be based on how close I come to playing to my potential or limit, how much I am able to bring the "love of the game"to the performance and the activities leading up to the performance which, includes the learning, and practicing necessary to improve my performance. I just need to perform a little bit better today than my previous best in a continuous and ongoing manner.