Life and the game.

As I sit here at my desk and type these words into my blog, I can’t help but wonder – Where does this all come from? The consistent ideas, the never-ending words that come to my mind. When I sat down, I did not know every single word that I was going to write. It just flows through you like an energy source.

Do you ever get writer’s block? I have never experienced it. I have heard people talk about it and I have seen books published about it. So, let’s think about this. If what I said in the first paragraph has even a small chunk of truth to it, that writing comes from an energy source, then what causes a writer to get a block? Could it be lack of inspiration? What is inspiration? Let’s take a look at the word “Inspiration”. Looks fairly similiar to the words “In-spirit”.

To quote the great Patanjali: “When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.”

How powerful is that? So, what Patanjali is saying, I believe, is that when we are in-spirit, (inspired) that is when the creative juices flow. When we go beyond our ego-driven limitations.

You are probably wondering “how does this fit into a site dedicated to baseball?” Well, it doesn’t. I just felt like writing about inspiration because it has been a big factor in my life lately. I figured it was time to give a little back. When you feel inspired, pay attention to your thoughts. When you feel inspired, write. When you feel inspired, you are getting a gift.

You can always ask yourself this question: “How do I feel right now?” When you do that, you not only bring your mind into “the now” but you also generally get a reaction from your body. Your body tells you how you are feeling by your emotions which are stemmed from your thoughts.

Thoughts are powerful. If you have negative feelings or hurtful thoughts towards another person, in reality, the only person you are effecting is yourself. When you hold hate in your heart, the only person that gets hurt is you. I do realize that it is seemingly impossible to journey through life without having some negative thoughts or reactions to things. That is human nature. I am talking about taking that to an extreme. Where needing to feel in control or defining yourself on your possessions becomes your reality. Seeking out occassions to become offended. Whether it be someone’s jewerly or their clothes you don’t approve of or their tattoos…whatever it may be. Passing all those judgements only puts a label on you and it only hurts you. If you call someone a “dumb-ass”, that does not make them a dumb-ass. 

Honestly, I do not know where I was going with this, I sorta just went into a tangent there. Just felt like doing that. 1:18am….bedtime.