Sign Me Out!
- Posted by: Joe Williams
My handsome grandson, Felix.
My six-year-old grandson, Felix, asked his dad to sign him up for spring soccer.
A couple of months passed and by the time soccer finally started, Felix wasn’t too keen on the idea. He gets a little anxious about things that are new to him.
At the first scrimmage, Felix was going through the motions. He played, but with hesitancy. Again, his nervousness with something new kicked in.
When it came his time to rotate out, he came running over to his dad and said, “Dad, Dad, sign me out, sign me out!”
He said that every time he came out of the game.
Well, he’s since had his second game and he did great, never asking to be “signed out” again.
Have you ever signed up for something, only to later wish you could “sign out,” as young Felix puts it?
It goes without saying that there is an unprecedented amount of change now in every aspect of our lives–business, politics, and the economy.
Change has it’s dark side, for sure. It makes us nervous because we can not predict what it will bring or how it will affect us. Part of us may wish we could just “sign out” from it.
But every change has its hidden opportunities. One door closes, another will open. But we have to turn the handle. And push.
What Felix is teaching us is that we must try new things even when it makes us nervous, because we never know what we can accomplish unless we take a step, a risk, and try.
If we don’t push, nothing happens.
What is it that you need to push? What opportunities can you find that are hidden in the changes that are affecting you, your work, your life?
For sometimes, in the winds of change is where we find our true direction.
