This
weekend my dad won some box seats at the Utah Jazz game. We went up and it was a really fun game. The
food was great, the game was exciting, the only downside was we lost by just one
point.
There
was one second left. Gordon Hayword
launched up a desperate three ball that went nowhere -but wait- he was fouled!
We have a chance to tie the game up and send it into overtime. Hayward had to
nail three free throws in a row, and with the pressure that is no easy
task.
First
shot (arena = silent)………………………………….. swoosh, good!
Second
shot (arena = silent)…………………………………swoosh good!
Third
shot (arena = silent)…………………………………….ka-dunk- NO-good!
We
lost by one point and we were so close.
The
experience made me think, what had happened if Gordon Hayward had missed the
first shot instead of the last? It is interesting
but I think that we as fans would have been much less disappointed had we lost
early than had we lost at the very last shot as we did. I was very impressed
that in the post-game interview when asked, Hayward simply said, I took a shot
and it didn’t go in.
What
a great perspective. I think we would do
ourselves a great favor if we put things into their proper perspectives rather
than getting caught up in the emotions. If we lose by one at the last second or
a thousand it counts all of the same, we lost.
The same applies if we win.
For
me I am going to focus on not letting things get to me, but rather realize that
if I lose I lose and if I win I win, and barring ethics I am not going to worry
so much how I ended up there. This way I won’t let my emotions lead me to irrationally
get upset about things that I really don’t need to beat myself up about.