We as human beings like to work… We like to be challenged… We like to please and be pleased… Sounds kinda dirty, but it’s the truth that we can trace all the way back to our hunter and gatherer days…
So if this is the case, how and why do we dramatically react to obstacles that present themselves throughout the course of life???
“Poor me, can you believe I have to deal with this bull shit… What a dick… How bout these bitches… I deserve better… Everyone is out to get me… Why when everything seems to be going great does this happen. 😭F*CK ME.”
Totally natural pussy self pity party reaction to adversity… But WHY????
Why would we ever feel sorry for ourselves and resent the very thing that GIVES US LIFE. 🤷♂️
Think of the time and energy we waste getting upset over certain things that provide the challenges that force us to KEEP CHARGING…
These are things that we should be taking on with a smile on our face and f*ck you determination in our hearts…
These are the things that we need to be thankful for, not resentful…
Since I was 9 years old, I dreamed of going to Stanford. Every year I attended the Stanford baseball camp and forged an awesome relationship with the assistant coach at the time, Dave Esquer… Head coach Mark Marquess just so happened to be the husband to my college counselor at St. Francis… Susan Marquess and Coach Marquess was also great friends with my high school coach Chris Bradford…
Obviously, we had a pretty good idea of the GPA I was going to have to maintain and the SAT scores I was going to need to get in order to get into the school… After achieving both, Stanford offered me a scholarship which was dependent on me getting accepted through the early admissions program.
Mark Marquess came to the house the night before the signing date to break the news…
I got DENIED.
After the instinctual 15 minute cry baby session, I found my big boy pants and called Gary Adams at UCLA, where I had already been admitted, and told him I would be honored to be a UCLA Bruin if the offer was still there…
After 4 years of beating the bricks off Stanford, I left UCLA as the all time hits leader and was fortunate to be part of the first UCLA College World Series team in 30 years…
12 years later, I wrapped up an 11 season Major League Career and began the next chapter of my life…
There is no telling where I would have ended up had I gone to Stanford, but I do have a pretty good idea where I would have ended up had I not sacked up and been able to respond to a heartbreaking situation.
I get it… This definitely goes under the category of “first world problems” but understanding that we don’t always get everything we want in life even when we did the necessary work and met all qualification standards ultimately taught me how to properly react to future adverse situations and NOT be an entitled, whiney bitch ass WEENIE.
As our dude Seneca reminds us:
“No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity… For he is not permitted to prove himself.”
Be GRATEFUL for the challenge & opportunity to PROVE YOUR WORTH.
-EB