In golf the maxim goes "To get more lift in the shot, hit down on the ball."
In the weight room while doing the bench press, I've read that it's useful to think of pushing yourself backward into the bench, rather than pushing the weight away.
The same principles can work emotionally too. Lately I find myself scooping books off the library shelves about real people wracked by tragedy who faced obstacles heroically.
"Heart of the Game," about Mike Coolbaugh, the family "glue" and father of three whose accidental death during a game ended the life of an 11-year minor league baseball journeyman. The highs, rejections, resilience and romance of his life left a trail of inspiration as lasting as any major league career could have done.
As a friend once said, I'm "too blessed to be stressed"!
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