Last week, I shared the story of the first time I played ultimate Frisbee. My Frisbee skills were so pathetic that gradually my teammates stopped trying to throw it to me. But then I secretly practiced Frisbee every day for two weeks until we met up to play again. I thought that as soon as…
Month: October 2017
“Frisbee Factor” Part One
Even when we wish someone would change, too often our perception of that person can actually be part of what prevents them from changing. A couple days ago, I had a fantastic time playing ultimate Frisbee with some awesome new friends. As we played, I had a series of flashbacks to the first ultimate Frisbee…
Healing Sleep
A high school English teacher once gave my class a prompt to write about what super-power we would want to have and why. My answer? The power to be able to go without sleep . . . and still function just fine. Don’t get me wrong, I love sleep, like any normal person, but since…
“Good Enough”
Like almost everyone, I’ve often struggled with the thought, “Am I good enough?” Deep down, the wiser part of me has always known that this thought is counterproductive, but until recently I couldn’t articulate why. On my mission, I recognized I had a case of “toxic perfectionism.” Yet somehow I couldn’t let go of my…