The clock is ticking. What will you do? Are you going to just stand there and watch the ball continue to roll out of bounds? You’re not going to even try to catch it, huh? You still mad?

Well whose fault is it? Does it even matter at this point? You see, it was your dream. It was your goal. You had the ball and you were doing good until somewhere along the way, you passed the ball.

But they dropped it.

Here recently, my ball dropped. I didn’t have it in my possession at the time that it fell. Here’s the thing: I finished writing my memoir “I’ll Fight For My Man” on time according to my timeline. Next step was to pass it to an editor, in which, I did. Here it is a month later and I’m back where I started.

My editor had an unexpected medical issue to arise which is preventing their ability to proceed with my book. For this analogy sake, they essentially dropped MY ball. So what am I to do?

I certainly will not watch my ball go out of bounds while I sit and complain about having to find another editor. No sir. No ma’am. That only contributes to time wasted. Because guess what? Along this journey or any journey for that matter, that wasn’t the first ball to drop (at no fault of my own) nor will it be the last one to fall.

Last year, the week of our first marriage couple’s party, I discovered our web designer would not have our blog enhancements done in time for the party. I had my heart set on releasing the new page hours before the party was set to start. But it wasn’t going to happen.

I refused to stay there…in my anger or frustration. I allowed myself a ‘venting moment’ and I got over myself and proceeded with the party as if nothing was wrong and the very next week, looked for another designer and I must say, I’ve been well pleased with the many projects SBJ Interactive (https://www.sjb-interactive.com/) has done for me (blog design, book cover, couples retreat flyer, and all future projects that will go her way).

The easy thing is to sit there and wallow in how others have failed me. But where will that get me? No where. So instead of staying there, I’ve graciously thanked them for their service and continued with my projects. No hard feelings. No attitude. No social media slander of their names. No need for any of that.

Pick up my ball and move on!

I challenge you to do the same. The next time you trust someone with your ball and they mistakenly drop it, don’t hesitate on your rebound. The sooner you get the ball back into your court, the sooner you will be able to turn your situation around for the best! Stay in the game. Pick up your ball!

Thanks for your attention. Remember you are your own competition.

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