![]() ![]() We hear a piece of advice, we could bloom our life with it and share in thanks. We get a personal email we could let them know we received it. We read a book, we could write a review in thanks. We know the joy of giving though don’t we? But, do we really understand that the whole idea of the game of football, and the game of life, revolves around the perfect synchronicity of the giver and the receiver? Maybe that is why the trickledown theory of economics doesn’t work. Perhaps the hoarders of the world don’t know the joy of giving. Nothing makes a coach, writer, teacher, parent, architect, friend happier than watching someone taking their gift and running with it, blooming with it, sharing it. What happens after the receiver of the ball makes the catch. We give of our hearts, our skills, our talents, our time, our patience. There are so many things and ways we give. Without the receiver, givers have no reason to give. Yet, without the receiver, the quarterback has no reason to throw the ball. We believe that being a giver is the important role. Most of us have forgotten the importance of being a skilled receiver. Sometimes it is even intercepted, and we could stretch our analogy and say that the gift has gone to another who feels more deserving. What if the receiver of the quarterback’s throw didn’t believe he deserved to catch the ball? Perhaps that happens sometimes and is why the ball falls to the ground. When watching a receiver catch the quarterback’s pass, we often forget how many hours the receiver has put into practicing the art of receiving.įor some reason, we often think we don’t deserve to be a receiver. Most of us have been practicing all our lives to be a skilled giver. Now we have the life connection don’t we. What if we rename the quarterback and call him – the giver. Have you figured out the life connection? All that practice and skill becomes barren. However, it is so disappointing when the ball is thrown and the receiver is not there. Whenever that connection becomes that visible, we cheer and celebrate the skill of the play. It looks like magic, but in reality, it is a practiced skill. Other times the ball and the receiver are in the same place at the same time as if by magic. There are those one handed, leap up in the air, and fall on the ground kind of catches that take our breath away. Sometimes it seems practically impossible. The receiver has to understand completely where the ball is going to be, no matter how many circumstances get in the way. There is nothing more glorious than watching a receiver make a catch, in spite of all the odds. The most visible sign of this connection is between the quarterback and the receiver of his passes. What I love most about it is the artistry and awareness that can develop between players. Football and I are casually acquainted, but it often inspires me. ![]()
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