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Are life’s curve balls actually curve balls?

A curve ball feels like a curve ball in the moment, but when you expand the time horizon you realise that it was necessary to become truely on path.

It’s the curve balls that come when you are least expecting it, good or bad that teach us who we actually are.

Because when things are linear, steady, straight and certain, we don’t have to troubleshoot, we don’t have to challenge ourselves, we don’t have to try.

Something may seem like a curve ball but what’s the alternative? Knowing every next step, your life planned out and executed to a tee decade after decade?

Well, firstly thats not possible… it’s not how life works.

One of my favourite quotes is by Steve Jobs. He says:

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards”

You see, that quote reminds you that you’re not supposed to have it all figured out, and it’s certainly not supposed to be a straight lined journey.

When you go left instead of right, run instead of walk, sleep instead of work, climb or crawl, get heartbroken or never take the chance at all. All of these times are theoretical curve balls in your life.

That’s if you believe your life is supposed to be straight forward that is.

A curve ball implies that it is off track or disruptive. 

But I don’t see all those times as off track. I see them course correction, or better yet, a more impressive track to drive on.

A sports car isn’t made for straight roads. Its abilities are shown in the corners. The windy tracks with hills and U turns. Thats where the car is put to test and once out the other side, left with big old “Impressive” title.

Labelling something a “curve ball” signals that you’re off track and I don’t believe it.

So when we get faced with a challenge in our life, we get to choose whether we take ownership or be a victim.

You get to choose how you take the curve ball that you’ve been thrown. Do you get annoyed and blame the person who threw it at you because they have ruined your plans? Or do you thank them for allowing you to build your character more and help steer you on the right path. The path thats better suited for you. A path that leads you towards the truest version of yourself.

Because that’s what it’s doing.

Life doesn’t throw us curve balls, it just course corrects. If you expand the time horizon you will be able to see that.

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See you next week

Chris